Well, all I wanted was to reply to @sneak. But evidently I have poor aim.
You'll have to ask @techslut about her name. I can't answer that as I'm not her.
Vote selling is not a bad thing. It's just people freaking out about it. It actually gives people a way to use their SP to earn more STEEM without taking it out of the STEEM platform.
The more STEEM stays in the STEEM platform system the more it is worth on the crypto markets. The less that is available on the market, the more it is worth because it is more difficult to acquire.
Some people have the above idea backwards somehow.
Edit: I should also add that the value of the post payout depends on the market value.
The problem is there is no healthy, mature internal markets. There are ways to sell digital and real world projects and services and accept SBD at least but these are not known to most people. Until a currency has a healthy ecosystem, it is not a currency.
So. That brings us to people running crazy bot farms, voting each other up and posting over and over and over in one day.
Or, back to leasing SP. Now listen, there's something magically beneficial to STEEM for SP to stay inside the STEEM platforms. Something along the lines of investments in Steemit. It's in code in the white paper. If you find someone to decipher it completely, let me know. ... Because SP is beneficial to STEEM, then it stands to reason that people who have tons of SP should be able to some how use it to make money.
And basically delegated SP is redistributed wealth ... Which is suppose to be a fabulous thing these days so, I don't understand all the rage.
As to leaving Steemit, this is a good time to be a minnow. Just go read blogs. Find 20 or so people to stalk until you're friends. This is where you profit by making connections. Oh! And every week add at least 5 newbies to follow.
Just, let the whales blow and go. They'll either figure it out or run off your competition. The weaker ones go fast and the stronger probably won't bother to enter. BUT you'll have friends and friends are STEEM (or gold).
Nice to accidentally meet you.
Hi @marillaanne ,
It is indeed nice to meet you accidentally. I guess the rant here and your "evidently poor aim" were a good coincidence ;)
Thank you very much for the advice and the info. I agree, Friends are gold. Thank you for the reminder.
You have Got yourself a follower (or maybe a stalker :P). Hahaha :D
LoL maybe I'll take my own advice and get back to work. Following back.
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