NO way! The dude that ran the Super Bowl Contest wrote this post??? IMO, this has been the most informational and correct assessment of my attitude towards the platform.
Total Newb, I am...but how the hell can I write something funny, fresh and relevant and get no love??? Because I am a Newb...that's how. In fact, I only just now learned that there truly is a CLASS of users being propped up. It came as no surprise to realise I ain't in it!
Bottom line, I am the type of guy this platform wants. I want the playing field to be level. To know that it isn't just says that Steemit ISN'T decentralised, making a mockery of the blockchain and what it stands for. I salute the author of this post for having the cajones to lay it all out. Again, to me he was the "football guy", as I haven't been on here a month. But I pay a debt of gratitude for having at least one cool and intelligent person on here.
So, I don't feel so lonely on here anymore. It isn't just a bunch of sycophants all clicked-out upvoting each others' schwag. I am relieved to see how much support this post is getting, because it is deserved. So, apparently this has struck a chord with the user base and I hope it warrants real change. I have all kinds of stuff I'd love to write about. Just had four days in Prague - off the hook! Certainly merits a post - but mmmmm nah! Not worth the time to upload photos and actually make it readable. I am not a writer, I am someone who can make people understand and feel experiences, but who cares?
I would love this platform to get legit...kill the guilds. How can STEEMIT call itself decentralised and market-driven when it is nothing more than affirmative action for shitty writers? My two cents, tho it won't see that.
@ats-david gets it. I buy in completely to what he says here. And in all honesty, I have lost any "raving fan" excitement of the platform as I have been watching some of these retarded posts going off. Some of these are just long-winded re-words of something that just popped up on buzzsumo. But they drop a couple pics in between boring text and it gets more votes than Gary Johnson and Jill Stein combined.
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I know, right? A sports guy that can string some coherent sentences together and formulate a somewhat proper critique? It's unheard of! (It's actually funny that you wrote this because I often wonder if people think that...and now I know that they do.)
Yeah, it sure appears that way - and you're also not the only person who notices this. It has consistently been one of the most criticized aspects of the platform when it comes to content/rewards. A lot of it is just a disagreement on preferences, but there is a considerable amount of criticism that is based on artificial popularity and voting "collusion" among larger stakeholders. And I happen to think that there is a lot of merit in those criticisms - as I pointed out some of it in this post.
To be fair, there are several cool and intelligent people here. There's me...and there are my alt accounts. :)
Before I move on, I just want to say that was a joke, before anyone accuses me of arrogance, hypocrisy (again) and/or nefarious behavior (again). I'm looking at you, Steem Guild staff.
If you share it and it's not a complete mess, you'll get my vote! I love seeing (and feeling) worldly experiences. Make sure you send me the link if you post it. (You can find me on steemit.chat - username is "ats.david" there.)
That's a fair point. It completely goes against everything regarding how the platform was supposed to evaluate/filter content, according to the whitepaper.
Thanks for the comment. I really do appreciate the sentiment. You should scroll back through my older posts if you want to see more stuff like this.