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RE: Investigating the whale scam - Assumptions above knowledge.

in #steemit8 years ago

lol It's funny how people call scam when everything has been given to them for free. In fact, Steemit has given each new user about $7 for their account just for signing up. The only other thing they need to invest is time, energy, and good content. $7 (at least) is much more than Facebook or Twitter or Reddit has ever given us.

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Scam is when somebody took something from them. I dont think accusing the whales of scamming is a good idea because even if they voted themselves or their accounts, we have no right to question it.

Yep, exactly. Especially when the questioning is coming from new users who have not taken the time to research or learn about the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, or have even read the white paper. They have also not built up a following of people who like their content.

This platform is built FOR us, not AGAINST us. The entire premise of @ned and @dan creating this social network is to give back to the writers and artists. The whales were here first. They have invested time and money into an unproved experiment. I am grateful for their work and their resources and they have every right to benefit from it.

Right @mscleverclocks, who are we to question them, we came here for free and had given a chance to earn money by posting content and now that they are not earning, they will question the whales who did not vote their content?

Me, myself is longing to be voted by the whales but that doesn't mean I have the rights to question them if their not voting me.