I saw these whales early on when I joined steemit as I got invited to a private chat group prob as I was one of only women back then and they just laugh at downvoting newbies and taking their rep to 0 it’s a game for them, that platform is like satanic tbh lol stay away imo

But even on a more rational level it’s pointless to invest time and building in platforms where a couple of ppl can just stop you making any income it’s just a waste of time long term it’s why I’m wary of putting too much into steemit too as the downvotes no doubt will come when crypto is higher. I feel safe on blurt like it’s free and open other than that I think I’ve gone back to thinking maybe YouTube and tik tok and the lot of those platforms are not that bad after all lol