RE: Down voting : A Motivational Killer or A Strategic Use of Power?
Great post ! Way to go @ausbitbank , great job ! Never liked flagging , never will like flagging! I lived through a few flag wars myself back in the day when it went on frequently for stupid reasons ! Haha ! Im glad that's over ! I heard about this other stuff going on as well with @ned and @dan etc. And until we know exactly what the cause is im staying on the fence ! Love them both ! some of these others though are posting on a daily basis and making hundreds if not thousands of dollars a day , plus their constantly trending and draining the rewards pool of money , like @sweetsssj for one , so the rest of us make 5.00 dollars a post if were lucky !! Especially after being here for a year !! Im sick of it myself , have over 1700 followers too but get maybe 50 up votes !! Its B S !! End Of Rant ! Have a great day , falling asleep now , good night !👍👍👍
@karenmckersie
You made your point beautifully and with a sence of humor...
but dont you think @sweetsssj works soo hard for her upvotes? that lady spends soo much raveling to get her materials... she needs our support.... if such happens, then great contents will not be encauraged in steemit
I for one work so hard to post and get little or nothing...but still it encourages me to work harder...
am interested in your area of blogging... guess my comments will give you some few hrs delayed sleep... ;)
I don't think sweetsssj is underpaid, quiet contrary. 1/10 of that would already be much.
But I will not downvote because I do not like the amount.
Spammers can get a full downvote from me though if they are too blatant.
right...
some spammers are too annoying and guess they have auto programs that says...welcome to steemit at new members page
well...i trust we are here on the long run...we wait and see how things unfolds
will wish you find time to read some of my new blog posts
I hate spammers !! 👍
Completely agree with you. She works hard for her posts, but since when did working hard mean anything. Obviously it's subjective, so if some people want to upvote her, let them.
I have a really hard time for that stance though when I see a 90% generic post about a Bitcoin chart that is basically a screenshot of something a program made and a text that could be (or even is) computer-generized like the weather forecast, and such a 5-10 minute thing getting 100$+
Majority of that money is probably coming from friends or alternative accounts upvoting her. It's their Steem power, so up to them. But, then you're right...it creates the hype and the post ends up on trending/hot and then all these other people upvote. If dollar value didn't impact the "hot" or "trending" pages...then maybe we can get to a more level playing field where there is still a reason to buy Steem.
Thanks for your awesome comment !! I was just using her as an example because she makes a ton of money on a daily basis and apparently she was flagged by someone , not by me , I don't flag people ! I was just saying that maybe this is why she was flagged , ! I stay away from the trending page myself , because its too lopsided ! I seen some people get hundreds of dollars for a crappy post , just because of their name ! Meanwhile After all the work I put into building up the platform I cant even get one whale up vote , but I see tons of newbies and like one photo posts with no content get up voted by blocktrades all the time ! Go see the trending memes ! Only trending because block trades up voted them all ! LOL! Its laughable really ! Anyway I was just giving my opinion or an idea as to why she may have been flagged , really I have no idea ! Have a nice day !👍👍👍
you are right
seems some people here built contacts with whales or related to them and as such, gets big upvotes but that wouldn't deter us...one day i see you as a whale and do not forget your buddy when you get there soon...
so which area do you blog on... find time to check my blog...stories which i wanna update soon...
Thanks for your kind reply !! Best of luck to you ! You will one day be a whale too ! Steem on !!👍👍👍
thanks ma'am for the inspiring lines
i appreciate!
Your welcome!👍👍👍
Thanks for your comment. Hahaha what a funny pic , sleep well and wake up stronger. Bless you.
Your welcome ! Thanks and good night !😴😴😴
sleep well 😴😴😴 and wake up with more steem power
is this allowed here? see this person copied and pasted the same post I posted
https://steemit.com/steem-help/@ashish1444/down-voting-a-motivational-killer-or-a-strategic-use-of-power
I replied to them and flagged their post. Let people know and provide them with the consequences to their actions. Real rules like plagiarism, spam, and good reasons to prevent someone from earning money by doing those bad things. "Over-rewarded" is a bullshit reason to flag someone, as I've had it used on me just because a few rich people want to decide who gets to keep their rewards, and who gets their rewards taken away since they don't like my content and don't want me to get rewarded for it. The flag is way too easily abused. I used to be a #1 top author for rewards. But all the flagging killed my steem spirit, and I left. Now I'm back to being an average user with $10 payouts in average :P
I feel the same way ! You know how I was also flagged by smooth anytime a whale up voted one of my posts ! It was so discouraging , after waiting forever for a whale up vote to begin with so the whales stopped up voting , and now that they can up vote again without being down voted , they don't anymore . 👍
Yeah, it sucks big time.
Thank You , It really does suck LOL! !!! 👍👍👍
Saw you in action, thanks a lot. Having been reading your posts for a while now, am sure you will be a great success here. Keep steeming and more success to you
@blueorgy your comment is also needed here, thanks
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Great @blueorgy looking forward to hearing from real you and not bog haha
If it is allowed only you can answer since you are the author of th post, right?
If reposting is encouraged I highly doubt, since for re-sharing you have the resteem button.
Good point, the cheater has been flagged for plagiarism
@karenmckersie
Wow...over a 1000 followers but less than 50 upvotes. That is no fun!
I, fortunately, haven't been through any flag wars, but have seen lately these things mentioned.
Hope you are doing well, and LOVE the 'I surrender' giffy!!
Peace!!
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Haha thanks ! Yes as soon as I seen that gipghy it was perfect ! So funny!😂😂😂
I don't like flagging, but flag those big reward posts so the rest of us can get pennies more... lol. Really?
Lol @krnel haha hope they never flag you because you are a great guy ..
Nope hehe. They are just probably tired of seeing the exact same author on the trending with the same voters all the time pumping them up to get curation rewards. When I was a top author, my votes varied, and not always the same high SP voters, and I was making 4 post per day, while others were top authors with 1 post per day because they had lots more support for one post than I did. I needed to do 3-4 posts to equal one of theirs.
good point however I rather make 1 good post every 2 days than 4 a day because of the contents. Its not easy for me to be writing 3 posts daily and getting pennies out of it haha. However your contents are great and I think 1 post a day or 2 max is great in order to have time to respond to all comments and support other bloggers posts.
Yup it takes up time for sure hehe.
Good point, I agree.
exactly ! I agree with you ! Same thing day after day ! 👍👍👍
Its not really what I was meaning , but can you explain why a lot of us veterans , after working our asses off and helping out the community in many different ways , especially the new members as well , that have been here over a year and worked hard to build up a following as well of over 1700 followers built up , now get 0 whale up votes ! O money !? While its always the same people every day raking in thousands !!! I quit even going to the trending page , it never changes much really ! I just feel like We paid our dues on here and get nothing in return for it which we should after a year . Anyways , the system is flawed ! Good night ! I don't agree with flagging for that reason , im just saying maybe that's why they did it ! 😴😴😴👍
Yes, that is a big problem. I mean even just average posts get hundreds of dollar. If I would post them, I would not even get ten (at the moment more like under 1$ from others)
That is not fair and does not advance steemit.
The thing with her is she has the same big people that up vote all her stuff every time she posts from like author guilds and things like that , so she will always make big money ! . Her same post is also on line on other sites where she's really big and makes money their as well ! She just posts the same travel blog everywhere . 👍
Good point, thanks for your comment.