RE: Throw me a whale bone - cherry picking quality content
I think the spam comes in waves, in June we had a huge influx of new steemians, I was a part of this influx. Most of the people who came to spam or for instafame wash out early. It's not lucrative enough to hang on if you don't believe you can make a valuable contribution. A lot of people buy their own randowhale or booster votes because they don't believe that giving them away to others is the better way. But even then, at a dollar for the dollar generally, it isn't a great way to turn profits. I agree the whales should be more proactive in fostering new talent, people like @madgoat who consistently provide humorous, well made social commentary posts are the future backbone of this medium, as long as they don't become disheartened by sometimes making less than a Steem per post.
Fortitude is always important and in some ways, I am glad that there is a high bar to get significant reward as it will separate the wheat from the chaff perhaps. My worry is that before those that can, shine, those that can't, flood. For the spammers/crap posters, the low input cost in time and energy means it becomes a numbers game as they will get some return.
There is so much potential here in my limited view that it would be crazy to take the short gain and kill the long.
The @madgoat doesn't go anywhere thank you very much for the upvote call. I think that is the first I have received and the thought is appreciated.
@themadgoat ... Perhaps it's the 'the holding him back 🤔
There's still a few whales that wander around quashing garbage, steemcleaners and cheetah bot are very good at wiping out most of these people before they can do very much good for themselves. It's hard to police everyone in such an open forum, but I think honesty goes a long way here and trash gets ignored or flagged down quick. The Rep system is a very interesting concept for social media.
You earned that randowhale, if not simply for your circle jerking whales 😆 Personally I'd love to see randowhale conserved only for altruistic purposes, the voting party unable to use it for a personal up vote, but at the same time I realize that will only increase the chance of multi-accounting.