I think snowflakes post was meant to make the point that doing the right thing on SteemIt doesn't pay off.
I don't use any bots, never have. If I vote for it, I read it.
If I find an article I like I upvote it regardless of timing.
I try to avoid voting for trending authors.
I vote for comments and lift up minnows.
Nobody cares. More and more often I consider signing up for bots, participate less and earn more... Why not?
I use a hybrid approach: I programmed @personz Fossbot voter and i put authors I like on that list. I don't make much SP from that bot, but I can reward everyone.....
Then on my Stella account i curate organically...
This is interesting. I've been using Streemian to auto-vote on a few favorites, just because I know I may go a day or two offline before I see their posts. But it's not for any kind of ROI. It's because I want them to know they have my (very modest) support.
Now if I'd poured a huge investment into Steem, rather than earning every coin by posting and interacting, maybe I'd feel differently. But I doubt it. Mostly I want to reward the creators I enjoy, because I want to come back to a place that's full of great stuff to read.
I divide my SP about half half between immediate ROI and long term community building (incl. Curation). That sounds annoying, but I do have to make a living too and so if I didn't have income opportunities I'd put that ROI half into stocks or something else.
I don't use autovoting on my main account but i can understand why people do. And I try focus my voting towards minnows where a few cents is actually a helpful morale booster. I'll take a lower immeduate ROI on this aspect of my steem activity in exchange for long-term growth.
Because of being shortsighted. They will not earn more. Yes they will have more steem tokens maybe that will be worth shit.
@whatsup
This is true. Doing the right thing does NOTHING except reflecting on one's integrity. If you're poor, you can't feed yourself with integrity. Likewise, if you're wealthy without integrity, your wealth becomes unsustainable.
To act according to one's moral compass and make a living out of it is a fine line to thread on, but certainly not impossible. If one chooses to give up, then is it okay for the world to give up on that one person too?
I didn't know the world could make that type of decision. We all have a choice where to put our energy. Everyone's choices are different.
If the world is made up of many individuals, and every individual can make that decision.. why can't the world?
Thus, with great choices come great responsibilities. We can do as we wish, but are we doing so by accepting/ignoring the consequences of our actions that shape the future of our world?
The right thing isn't about making your own decision, but making your own wise decision.