RE: This Blockchain Based Affiliate Network Pays in Bitcoin & Could Be A Huge Money Maker
I'm upvoting your original content - keep it up and don't get discouraged - it just means that someone values your work . Sometime I feel like evything I'm writing is just going into a black hole- I do the research , I write it up , I edit and crop pictures to format everything just right - then I get 3 votes and it's a little disheartening. If someone else reposted my content and made hundreds of times more revenue than me , I would be be rightfully livid myself - I look at it like this - As I build up a library of useful info and good content - eventually when users find it - they will look back and see everything else posted - hopefully they will feel like I am someone they would want to start following and my future posts will have more activity - at least that's what I'm telling myself - it also bums me out hen someone makes a good comment about my post , but doesn't upvote it....show some love people! peace
Hey @jorlauski thanks for taking the time to reply and thanks for the thoughtful comment. Everything you said I completely agree with.
In terms of this particular issue, to me it's a bigger issue than just me making $2. The bigger issue to me is the culture of Steemit. If this is how it's going to be were going to have a hard time bringing new people on and getting them to stick around and I think what we all want is this great platform to continue to grow.
The community as a whole tends to reward the dolphins and whales regardless of whether their content and contribution to the site warrants a reward. That takes away attention and rewards from new people to the platform who are adding more value.
To me that's an issue that 46 something people chose to reward a piece of content that didn't deserve to be rewarded which is going to help that user continue to grow and get more upvotes and higher reputation.
While I don't really agree with the user reposting my content without adding any value and without crediting me properly, my bigger issue is that the community as a whole rewards that.
I agree that is has more to do with the culture of rewarding poor behaviors wile , 'punishing" legitimate work .. and by punishing .. I mean - getting low visibility - question is - what can we do to change that culture? I don't believe he should have re-posted your info - simply from an ethics standpoint. There is a re-steem button for a reason - I don't know how it works , but if someone resteems your article - the bulk of its earnings should go to the OP - just my opinion. I wonder what it would take to shift the culture back towards original content creators - I think that what Steem was trying to accomplish - but somewhere along the line , people have found the loopholes and exploited the system.
Yes a lot of people exploiting the system just to make a few dollars. The bulk of people on steemit dont seem to give a shit about the platform itself and would rather "game" the system so they can profit....