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RE: Anyx, Cheetah, and Steemcleaners; witness update - 05-11-2016

I wouldn't worry about the aggression towards @cheetah, it's very few but loud people. That said, I'd suggest again to add a little more about @cheetah in the post beyond just a link.

Steemit is structured most like Reddit, and people familiar with social media naturally consider using it like Reddit. The fast payout structure, the short term algorithms etc are not conducive to original content blogging.

The top trending posts on Reddit are literally just links and copy-pastes - most are pictures which don't have a single line of text. Not to mention, Facebook and Twitter. This is a generally acceptable social media norm and is more like "sharing" and not "plagiarism".

Of course, money being involved in Steemit always shakes things up a bit, and it's a completely valid route the Steem community has chosen about rewarding original content while aggressively shunning non-original sharing / plagiarism.

But for the billions of people used to Facebook, Twitter or Reddit, it's pretty baffling to see a blunt @cheetah post. They need some guidance and time to adjust.

I know Steemcleaners does this by warning people about the kind of content the community prefers, but @cheetah reaches out to far more posts.

So, all I'm suggesting is - a simple two or three lines about how Steemit encourages original content and how to get whitelisted and verify if it is indeed their content. It would be a lot more comforting to new authors jumping into Steemit.

Thank you so much for all the good work - keep it up!