@rok-sivante Great write up! As @wingz mentioned the drop from 32k to 26K might be caused by the price fluctuating and not only downvotes.
I'm not heavily invested as you are. In fact, I've only discovered Steem several days before but 26k for a simple make-up video makes me question the reasoning of people who voted.
As I understand, a number of whales must upvote to accumulate such huge amount. They might try to justify the vote as and attempt to expose Steemit to a wider audience, specifically, women. But is it truly the best you can think of as an investor? By now the make-up tutorial has roughly 1.6k views... 1.6k views for friggin 26k? It's $16 per view. And I can guarantee, the video won't magically become viral overnight and gather additional 100 000 000. That being said, I have nothing against the make-up girl (she's lovely), I question the whales action for upvoting content that represents Steemit.
Fuck, Steemit has so much more potential than becoming another Youtube make-up channel or TMZ. We could literally finance independent journalists, send them to Rio to cover issues that Brazil's government don't want to talk about. Steemit could finance documentary creators... "Sponsored by Steemit" in opening credits. How does that sound? Steemit, as a brand, should be that cool guy in a bar, who always tells stories, you won't hear from anyone else.
In my opinion, if you produce original, captivating content, you capture people's attention. If you have people's attention, you become valuable. Whales, who upvoted, should ask themselves. Is make-up video tutorial a ground-breaking piece of content?
perhaps, in a way it was, as it was truly marketed as the first in a potentially significant niche - and it was done well. is was a success story of its own, though not something that's gonna happen every day...
Then throw a few hundred bucks her way. MAYBE a grand. Then maybe do the same for a bunch of other girls if they make content too. Just don't do something ridiculous like pay a brand new youtuber with no following a year's salary.