RE: The Daily Downvote: We need YOUR Help
I could be wrong about this, but there is a user named "justinlaak" that has been posting $1000 articles for a week straight and always has a bunch of commercial-quality photos but usually very little written content. I'm fairly certain that the photos aren't his and the quality of the content is akin to someone who just paraphrased really basic info from other sites. There's practically no attribution whatsoever. Might be worth looking into, because his posts get whale/bot attention and give big payouts. All of the SBD from the past week was cashed out last night.
Like I said - I could be way off here, but something just doesn't smell right. I'd hate to see money leaving the platform like that while others struggle just to be seen. If I'm wrong, I'll certainly apologize.
I gave it a quick check, it's legit. He uses stock photos from free stock photo sites.
I understand your concern, as this is still a publishing platform and universal copyright rules do apply, just as they do anywhere else.
Oh, ok. So he's just being rewarded for posting free stock photos. Good to know.
I'm not sure that this is any better, but thanks for checking on it.
Well.. Using stock photos in a story is better than using stock photos as your own photography. In the world of publishing, stock photos are legit. I understand your frustration, but the reason I created this post is more geared towards abuse. I really don't want to get into the ethics of making money on steemit, because there's a fine line on that. What I'm able to do is at least make sure that blatant theft of copyrighted work is downvoted. I hope that makes sense.
No doubt about that. I was just remarking on the absurdity of posting free stock photos and that being the factor that's attracting whales and bots - and paying out thousands of dollars for it.
If it's legit, then there's nothing to be done. Still a bit silly, if you ask me.