Hello @dragonslayer109, I believe you must have missed this:
@gavvet, a superb content writer and he seems to be a really cool dude. I love the fact that he helps authors and splits the earnings. Much like @stellabelle's "secret-writer" service. I've even thought about contacting him myself to see if we could make something happen!
And this..
As I've said several times already. I know that gavvet splits the cash. However, it's still gavvet's account, and 4 upvotes to the same account, the same day on 4 different topics.. That's way too much in my opinion.
I think gavvet is an amazing person and I believe he deserves every single cent he makes. I've never said anything about that at all. I know he splits the cash and I think he's doing a fantastic job!
I've never said anything bad about him at all.. The reason I used him as an example, is just due to the fact that I stumbled upon these upvotes.
I don't hate @itsascam or any of the other whales, dolphins or minnows either..
What I do think, is simply put, that it's a bit too much to upvote 4 different topics from the same author, during 24 hours.. - Other authors could have got their "share" of these votes, if people spread their votes.
he doesnt even split the cash he gives it all to the authors. the main problem is that content isn't getting noticed and that he is helping content get noticed so your word "share" wouldn't see anyone anyway or be spread at all as the whales don't have the time to go look for your amazing posts in the huge mess of spam and i know this first had because i go through all that spam everyday trying to find great posts to feature so that they get noticed
Oh, I'm sorry. My bad. I took for granted that he split the earnings with the author. Sorry for the inconvenience. Even so, I do understand why some posts doesn't get the attention it might deserve.. It's due to all the other posts being made. People can't find everything and I get that.
This is not about that at all. This is mainly about upvoting the same author multiple times.
I used @gavvet as an example. Nothing more. And even if I was wrong assuming he split the cash, he still got upvotes on 4 different topics, during 24 hours.. How many others are doing the same, but keep the money for themselves?
That's the reason for this thread.
If you have a look at it it isnt them upvoting the same author but 4 different authors with 4 very different posts. its not one person at all. and yes i agree with you that some others might be doing it and keeping it all to themselves but the following dont just upvote and they wont allow someone to just spam posts and let them get money for it thats how reputaiton comes in and as soon as it is noticed that someone starts to take that advantage of the system the following will no longer vote for that person many of the bot following are people that want to vote others up but dont have the time so they are very picky on who they have which they auto vote on and gavvet is trusted that he wont spam and abuse the system. if you have also noticed that the value of posts has gone up as the auto voters trust him that is how it has increased and that just shows you that the people behind the auto voters arent just running them on whoever but are seriously picky on who they run it on
Sure, I see your point but, as you said yourself, auto upvotes.. gavvet has built himself a great reputation during his time here on steemit and he would have got these upvotes no matter if it was his own posts or posts from other authors.. All due to these auto upvotes.
The auto upvotes are based on his reputation and him being an awesome author. I get that and I have nothing against that.. That far.
As I've said numerous of times already. I like gavvet and I respect him. I love what he's doing for this community.. What this is about, is the auto upvotes & votes on multiple topics from the same person..
In gavvet's case, it's 4 different authors. I get that. But the issue still remains..
What if others are doing the same thing.. And use these auto upvotes to make bank over night..?
further more this is a way in which he is sharing the votes and money by featuring those people that make great content but there things is never seen
You are truly defending @gavvet and I appreciate that.. But there's no need too. This has nothing to do with him in person. I love the stuff he creates and I appreciate him even more now when I realized (because of you) that he actually gives away the all the earnings. That's just amazing!
But still.. This is much bigger than gavvet or these specific upvotes he got.. Just imagine how many others there might be, who are doing the same thing.. but instead of giving it away, or splitting it with others.. They keep the money for themselves..
That's the real issue here.
i agree with you on that but things like that only happen with these special upvotes as you can see most of the upvotes have more or less the same people at the top which are giving the value$. now these people which do this special upvotes are really picky on who they auto upvote on if you have a look at the start of the special upvotes on posts they have become more and more of these special upvoters on the gavvet account as more trust him more will come and upvote any post he puts up . at this stage there will never be others that abuse this system and the whales wont allow this either.
You yourself have a special upvote following of your own as we speak . You are just at the start and if this post goes to the first page of trending you too will have more of the Special upvoters following you
That is true. I'm doing whatever I can to build myself some reputation and I'm working hard to bring new users to steemit.. And so far, things are going as planned!