Great post on our cognitive biases and uncritical thinking. Especially this quote, which speaks about the Steemit community as a whole currently, who do what other people do because they want what other people want: to make money. It is destroying Steemit as a quality resource for quality content:

"The bandwagon effect is a phenomenon whereby the rate of uptake of beliefs, ideas, fads and trends increases the more that they have already been adopted by others. In other words, the bandwagon effect is characterized by the probability of individual adoption increasing with respect to the proportion who have already done so.[1] As more people come to believe in something, others also "hop on the bandwagon" regardless of the underlying evidence."*

Indeed, proper "collectivism" by uniting for betterment in moral truth, is required. I hope to network with more people on Steemit, and have requested a PM feature on their github so we can more easily communicate. The "chat" system is too limiting.

I would like to bring this issue to more people's attention, i.e. of Steemit's goal for meaningful quality content, vs. what it is becoming for people who just want to jump onto the "make-money" bandwagon mentality, and how it affects the quality content being visible and getting appreciated by more people. Steemit Succeeds if We Make it Succeed - Analysis to Help Yourself and Steemit Grow in Quality. My main goal is for people to read and understand what I am getting at, to care more about the quality success of Steemit, rather than their own monetary success via Steemit (and also about the quality of the world that can be improved through this platform). Please read and share if you support it, and upvote if you value and appreciate the message. That is how I upvote on Steemit, focusing on quality content.

Thanks. Take care. Peace.