RE: GOOD ADVICE
I could see it if a number of the top earners were actually writing stuff worthy of consideration to have your rewards randomly thrown and distributed into the pool at them but there are many in that group who aren't deserving of any more reward for the meaningless crap they write then they are already getting. It makes no logical sense at all.
The tree thought for a second and then replied carefully, they were inferior, they weren't true to themselves, the wise farmer knew that I was the best and spared me because only a sapling with my work ethic and authenticity could grow into such a mighty tree.
The tree shrugged, you just didn't have the talent for it kid. You doubted yourself. You didn't suck up enough water and minerals and sunshine. You weren't true to yourself.
No, the little guy was true to himself, he was true to the others it's just as with anything in life there's always that one that makes life harder on others and takes more than he should for his own selfish advantage.
Well stated.
Part of what I'm trying to illustrate is the insanity of books and news stories about "how I got rich".
The idiots don't know why they got rich and naturally assume it's because they're superior in some way.
What worked for J.D. Rockefeller or Steve Jobs or Bill Gates years and years ago, WON'T WORK FOR YOU NOW. Stop buying their books!!
They've specifically changed the laws to PREVENT anyone from using the same tactics that they used back then.
There are a zillion and one contemporaries of J.D. Rockefeller who were just as "smart" or "smarter" who were "100% true to themselves" and worked hard all day every day and they didn't "make it to the top".
What we're dealing with is SAMPLE-BIAS, more specifically SURVIVOR-BIAS.
...and the fundamental-attribution-error.
It makes perfect sense.
If you don't vote at all, THEY still get your share of the reward-pool.
I'm opting-out of the reward-pool-game specifically because of all the unpaid-voluntary-vigilante-"protectors" of the magical-"community"-reward-pool.
And it works.
I haven't seen cheetahbot anywhere!!
The voting system is fundamentally broken, it's only good for rep.
If you want to support what you consider "high-quality-content", I would ask you to consider delegating (arbitrary-loan, ARLO) to those you like, BECAUSE that can't be "canceled" by our fearless army of intrepid unpaid-voluntary-vigilante-"protectors" of the magical-"community"-reward-pool.
The delegation system (arbitrary-loan, ARLO) is similar to pa.treon, but vastly superior because there is no centralized control, and you don't have to divulge any personal or credit-card information to anyone, AND you can easily cancel at any time to get all of your funds back, so there's ZERO-RISK.