No man, read mine again. The rich get richer that's it, that's how it all works and especially Steemit. I can guarantee that if I would have 10-50x SP my posts I would have made it to the trending page in 5 minutes. And that's only one of the platform problems. The gap between rich and poor is enormous.
And I've seen people saying the whales' wealth is being dilluted. That's a blatant lie, they are getting even more richer by the minute, the gap becoming wider by the second. Newcomers like dollarvigilante and others won't get nowhere near early birds and adopters, that's a fact. I've also seen a lot of good first posts made more than 2 and 5k and now they are getting pennies. If you think a platform will survive only with whales and megadolphins upvoting each other and having multiple accounts that's fine. But any smart people knows this is not sustainable once the gimmicky payouts stop. My reputation also started to drop lately, so I must have been doing something good...this is how the game works, I'm upvoting mediocre (mediocre is an understatement) posts that I know that will make 2k in 10 minutes no matter what they post. Does anybody really think a post like this or the previous one is worth 15k? Get real. Steemit dug itself into a hole.
Actually the whales are diluting out. So it's going more in the direction of groups of peers as the money impact from a few spreads to more. The trick now is to become widely followed, and probably more so within an expertise area going forward (like finance, for example). just IMHO.
I'd like to see regular updates from the owners about their predictions about the network. Ie: intended results vs. actual results each month. (In addition to user data, network info, etc.)
Upvote this post as much as you can and let me retire early so I can drink White Russians all day. Isn't that what we are all after?
I know you are going to say that you were just kidding but still I think this sums up your attitude pretty well.
I think that on a very deep level Steem is amazingly fair - those with a mindset that demands being rewarded will ultimately fail and those with a mindset that appreciates being given a chance will ultimately succeed.
I was not kidding really, but it was definitely ironic, that's what the site promotes, 20k payouts, spread the word, circle jerking, power up. It will be amazing to write 10 top trending posts and retire (yes I can retire with that much so imagine the obscenity that many poor people from developing countries have to see here everyday). The people earning that kind of money think they are chosen ones by the gods themselves because of their innate talent...and well who can't really blame them, I can't. I do, but I can't really.
I don't really care since I won't ever make any real money here, I'm not a native english speaker so I'm very limited in what I can post (the whole site is geared towards english language even if there are lots of people desperate to write in the own, as if that will get a whale to vote...
No man, read mine again. The rich get richer that's it, that's how it all works and especially Steemit. I can guarantee that if I would have 10-50x SP my posts I would have made it to the trending page in 5 minutes. And that's only one of the platform problems. The gap between rich and poor is enormous.
And I've seen people saying the whales' wealth is being dilluted. That's a blatant lie, they are getting even more richer by the minute, the gap becoming wider by the second. Newcomers like dollarvigilante and others won't get nowhere near early birds and adopters, that's a fact. I've also seen a lot of good first posts made more than 2 and 5k and now they are getting pennies. If you think a platform will survive only with whales and megadolphins upvoting each other and having multiple accounts that's fine. But any smart people knows this is not sustainable once the gimmicky payouts stop. My reputation also started to drop lately, so I must have been doing something good...this is how the game works, I'm upvoting mediocre (mediocre is an understatement) posts that I know that will make 2k in 10 minutes no matter what they post. Does anybody really think a post like this or the previous one is worth 15k? Get real. Steemit dug itself into a hole.
I think you need to read this post again.
Actually the whales are diluting out. So it's going more in the direction of groups of peers as the money impact from a few spreads to more. The trick now is to become widely followed, and probably more so within an expertise area going forward (like finance, for example). just IMHO.
I'd like to see regular updates from the owners about their predictions about the network. Ie: intended results vs. actual results each month. (In addition to user data, network info, etc.)
This is a quote from one of your posts:
I know you are going to say that you were just kidding but still I think this sums up your attitude pretty well.
I think that on a very deep level Steem is amazingly fair - those with a mindset that demands being rewarded will ultimately fail and those with a mindset that appreciates being given a chance will ultimately succeed.
I was not kidding really, but it was definitely ironic, that's what the site promotes, 20k payouts, spread the word, circle jerking, power up. It will be amazing to write 10 top trending posts and retire (yes I can retire with that much so imagine the obscenity that many poor people from developing countries have to see here everyday). The people earning that kind of money think they are chosen ones by the gods themselves because of their innate talent...and well who can't really blame them, I can't. I do, but I can't really.
I don't really care since I won't ever make any real money here, I'm not a native english speaker so I'm very limited in what I can post (the whole site is geared towards english language even if there are lots of people desperate to write in the own, as if that will get a whale to vote...
I agree with you - but didn't vote - don't want to get down-voted
Don't be a coward, you are better than that. This site needs a lot more people like you if it wants to survive.