We saw this more last December when people were posting 3-5 posts a day ranging from their breakfast, to their musings on what their cat things, to why I am so great monologue, and a color challenge.
Then they would self vote, slap a couple of hundred bid bots and rinse and repeat every day .the amount that people Earned and cashed out was so large.
It got me thinking if I had the SP would I do the same? Last December hell yeah I'd make that reward pool my bitch!
Yet when I discovered the league of engagement I knew that things could be done more for the benefit of the platform. It helped me realize that operating in the scarcity mindset would be short term and bound to make the platform harder for new people.
It is when I embraced the abundance mindset and saw my votes could be used better in engaging and encouraging.
Sadly not everyone thinks like this. We still see a lot of people going after votes, going after whales and dolphins and hardly paying heed to their fellow minnows why because there is no money there.
It will take more engaged and people with the right mindset to change things around. We only need to start with one and hopefully more people will see the vision and join the cause.
Engagement is the key to changing the mindset, I firmly believe that. It is also key to growing your own SP, your Reputation growth may slow down, but then what does a person's REP number really mean any more?
I don't know why the SP for me started to grow so quickly over the last 3 months, but it has and most of what I do is just go and vote and comment on new users good content. I participate in three groups, and I have Four, (well lately down to two) early adopters post that I read on a daily basis.
My REP is only up 1.6 From Dec. 31st, yet my SP has increased almost 4 fold. So trying to help people get a leg up on steemit for me has helped me. Go figure, being nice on steemit actually does pay.
Which is why programmes like the engagement league Ash is running is probably the best way we could let this people know what social media should be like.