You are one of many who's been strongly supported by these guilds without knowing it. Every post you put out is exceptional, so myself and a team of others have made sure you got the votes you deserve. If there were a lot more people with significantly more voting power, or if reputation played the right role in reward distribution, these guilds might not be necessary.
But, in the past, without the guilds, we have seen countless outstanding posts be relegated to the depths of the Steemit abyss, earning just a few cents. I suspect that without the guilds, you and many other great authors would see a large percentage of your posts suffer the same fate.
I see. It seems it is not so simple as it first appears.
I appreciate you telling me @shenanigator .
I guess I feel a little embarrassed and a little naive. But then that´s always been my problem.
The post came across to me a little scary to me, like some kind of secret society like "eyes wide shut" or something lol !
Of course there are two sides to everything and the way you explain it I can see that there is a lot of good that can be done.
I will tell you a little secret, I may as well tell you now. For I see there may now be consequences for my comment.
I had this crazy plan that I would work hard and become a whale. Not because of money, or power, or status or anything, but because I wanted to do exactly the same thing as you have just mentioned.
I also see amazing posts on here that I feel perhaps do not get the attention they deserve and so I felt frustrated that I did not have a bigger voting power so that I could give encouragement to others.
I saw it as a way of doing good in the world.
I believe in this platform and I guess the encouragement I have been given, even it is was in secret, has much to do with that.
I don´t know what to say
I am just myself and will always speak my mind. I was raised to be an honorable person and as such I try to do the right thing. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I get it wrong.
I will continue to give my best on my posts, as is my nature. And I will also continue to spend time on welcoming new people as well as trying to read as many posts as I can and joining in conversations.
This is not hard work for I actually love to do it.
The idea of Guilds are completely new to me and I know very little about them or how they work.
I admit, on this matter I am somewhat confused.
One part of me feels grateful for being helped and encouraged, and another part of me feels sad that groups or Guilds like this are needed on Steemit.
I thank you for telling me the truth @shenanigator
I have much to think about.
For clarity, the guild I help out with (and the one that has voted on your posts) is Curie. Your reputation is getting higher now, so soon we'll give your name to Steem Guild. At that point, they will be checking for and voting on your posts instead of us.