I put in lots of work, share original ideas, art and music. But because I dont have boobs and flatter the Steemit devs, my 20 upvotes are only worth 2 Steam Pennies because those votes came from lowly peasants such as myself. Chicks get a dollar per upvote because a lot of rich crypto guys (steemit royalty) still cant get laid. Yes. Im jealous!
The most powerful steemers decide what goes up and down. Its a capitalistic heirchy. Super cool.
My concern isnt the money rewards.
Its that the money will create the familiar freedback loop of rich and powerful people deciding what we all should he paying attention to.
Good job on attracting some big fish to this post! Youre getting over a dollar per upvote!
It's probably better to view things in terms of motivational psychology. If you're the founder of a tech-heavy, male-dominated community, it's in your best interest (and that of the community) to be very inviting to the sex which is underrepresented and which makes up more than half of our species. You'll notice in Slack they also talk about upvoting posts from possible integration partners and other people of interest. This is completely reasonable and rational to me, considering the time and effort they have put into the platform.
I've only been here a couple days and was confused when a post I did on non-violent communication was up to over $30 with few only a handful of votes. Then I see a vote by "Dan". Yep, that @dan. I loved reading his introduceyourself post and I feel like we actually have quite a bit in common. I can see why he liked the post. It aligns with his self interests. I think the important thing about a platform like this isn't catering to specific groups, but being yourself and letting the world respond.
All that said, there is a potential for the whales to rule the waters. I'm still learning about the economics involved here and will post more once I understand it better. My pennies worth of advice: be genuine, care about others, and put in the work. What happens after that is out of our control.
The Award for Authenticity goes to @lukestokes will be donating a steem dollar right now. I'm not a whale would do more:)
Wow! Thank you! I saw that in my wallet and was like, "WHAT?!?" My first tip on Steemit! :)
Yea that is an interesting concept. Power hunger is inescapable
"a lot of rich crypto guys (steemit royalty) still cant get laid"
It's probably just that they are a little more fastidious than you.
I had to google fastidious to know what it meant.
That made me laugh!
have a penny