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RE: I'm Sick Of Selfish Whales/Dolphins Who Self-Vote
Indeed. I bust my ass on my posts, and they don't get much visibility at all. And unfortunately, I don't have scores of free time lying around to stay up all day and night crafting posts. And I have never upvoted my own posts. And I see the same thing you see--lazy posts from some "travel blogger" (read: some chick in a bikini showing us the fabulous time she's having vacationing her way through the tropics on her Steemit boob money). It's sickening.
And you are right about there being very very small niches on Steemit...but that's true of just about any social media. And, sadly, the boobs always win.
I guess survival of the pretty
so to sum it up, in order to survive on steemit you need to show your tits and ass...so where does that leave men? I genuinely would like to know.
No, that's the entire world, not just Steemit. As a man, that leaves sports and other "manly" stuff -- or a "girl's" account to exploit like @sweetsssj. Don't think too hard; it gets less upvotes. :D
Your best bet (male and female alike) is to get really knowledgable in cryptocurrencies. Write about them and trade them. You'll make money doing both.
I feel that same way. They are all banking off of dudes who think she is hot, so they gladly vote on her stuff. It's like mild porn, in my opinion. In reality, it is really just selling appearances and sex.
Our society glorifies and glamorizes appearances and sex, so why would you expect Steemit to be any different? There are people on here, after all, not some new alien species. :)
...but so far, you're making $4.33 from this comment. Way to go. :)
That's so funny...I was just at this moment telling my friend "omg! My comment on Alex's post has earned more money for me than any post I ever made! That brake job might just be in reach.."
Well, I added my 5 cents to the brake fund! Big money!! :D
Much appreciated!!! Thank you!
Totally agree and admire your honesty. I never upvote my own posts either; it feels icky!
Following and upvoting. 😊
That particular individual isn't so much receiving upvotes as she has a lot of SP delegated to her. It is not to say that is right or fair but to say that the delegation started a long time ago and has persisted since. What I'm trying to say is this is not the work of the Steemit community as a whole but of one individual.
But why, though? Oh...Ohhhhh ok.. I get it now.. her pimp stacked the deck, and is dealing from the bottom of the deck.
There's no actual reason to be hostile towards her. The delegation was given to her. Her job is to continue the kind of posts that got her that delegation, and she is doing just that.
Understood. I'm not actually being hostile toward her. My hostility is toward her pimp. I'd actually live to see what she has to offer Steemit, other than eating shrimp cocktails in a bikini. I'd like to see something from her: artwork? A poem? A seashell collection? I too have had SP delegated to me,vand I actually did something with it. I even had the person who delegated take it back, because they thought I could take it from here. He lent me the SP, to help me...not to whore me out.
I get what you mean. Men support what we like to see, that's just how we're wired. Everything you're saying can be solved by more self-made women in positions of power to either delegate or vote. Run a witness, create a project, etc then you can be the one to delegate SP and empower another user.
The person who delegates the SP to her is probably the person who writes her posts. I seriously doubt it's her writing the posts. It seems she is only posing in the pictures and living it up in various parts of the world.
Personally, I think that's deceptive and tacky, but he/she/they technically aren't doing anything wrong, I guess.
like it................... love it
Just a fun (or maybe we could use another adjective if we wanted) fact to add to the conversation...The largest payout ever on a steemit post was a little over $30,000 and it was last fall. It was a make-up tutorial by some girl who earned close to 100k in a few months and then took the money and ran. The account is almost all the way powered down now and hasn't been active in about 7 months.
I'd guess there weren't many women on here the first few months and the men, being what we are, piled on the upvotes on that post. The girl and her friend who joined a little later raked it in and then left.
They also did "fundraisers" for charitable causes but I'm skeptical that the money ever reached its stated destination.
I like looking at good looking women just as much as the next guy but I don't usually vote for them just because of looks. I have a beautiful wife who posts here and I like upvoting her stuff and I have another female friend who I upvote her posts too (she's good looking too but that's not why i vote for her content).
And yes it is frustrating to spend an hour or two on a well written and well thought out post and get very little off of it. It's kind of surprising and counterintuitive at times which ones of my posts get good rewards. My best payout ever was a summary of my experience as a newbie here and it got like $70. It seems like when I blog and don't really do so thinking about "how can I maximize my payout", I tend to get surprised with the reward amount.
It is disheartening to see someone post something that takes them all of 3 minutes to create and then get $500 in rewards. @jerrybanfield did a post about the top 50 or 100 users and the % of their votes that they allocate to themselves and it was pretty amazing. Generally most whales self vote between 20 and 80% of the time.
I'm not gonna pass judgment but I found it pretty shocking.
I know how you feel...