RE: Do people even read the content of mosts posts?
Amen! I wrote an article where I actually really wanted some feedback and was trying to reach out to the scientific community on here regarding a subject I was trying to understand. I ended up getting LOTS of comments and even made the most money I think I have for any post I have done so far..... BUT almost NOONE even bothered to try and answer! I think I had ONE person who gave me a useful link to check out but that was it! Incidently, I just 'upvoted' a post at the 15 minute mark because no one else had at that point and I hear the curation rewards are better after that point.... but just writing the words now make me feel weird! I like the money making aspect of this place but don't really like what it does to people. I know I can write nice articles and they can be found with google and enjoyed by people OFF OF STEEMIT but for the most part, people seem to be writing for the almost exclusively attention span deficient click monkeys that seem to be everywhere. Sometimes I feel like the bots are easier to talk to. But weird encounters aside, I still really like this place, I just think lots of people need to really think about what they are doing, could be doing and why! Really liked your article @somecoolname , got here through a resteem!
the "what it does to people" - thing. Yes, I had the talk with @eco-alex, before i`ve even opened my account here. There we are back at the Value issue. The more Steempower, the more valuable you are for the Community. Content is second. So everybody is responsible for himself, how far you want to drift away and follow the craving, or just be true to yourself, and follow higher values.
I think it would be cool if there was a distinction between the power you gain through earned Steem/steem power through curating, comments and actual good content and engagement VS I just go and buy my influence whether I am liked, write good content, have a decent reputation, or not. I just wish reputation was the the factor for influencing the power of upvotes and not steem power .
Well, you wont find a collectiv understanding for good content or decent reputation.
especially when robots and mean bigger fish can just squirt ink in your path :/ Plankton Unite!
and perhaps it could even be earned in different categories. Like, you continue to write uplifting and informative posts about spirituality, yoga or natural building and as more people like those posts, people know that those are your areas of expertise. If some whale comes in and comments on your plaster but knows more about crypto, that's fine, but his influence and reputation in this category make YOU the whale on the subject. Even the animal system is weird.. What if I am a bird? or a Dragon? or Siddha? Whales are good but they help the ecosystem the most by just existing peacefully and pooping a lot.
I´m a flying fish! haha And Whales might be really cool, but perhaps don´t see a flying fish. They go for a fish swarm, as everyone knows.
I am a whale as well, as i am peaceful and pooping a lot, too.
I am a Siddha, I can do magic!
And a Dragon. In the chinese astrology.
Hahaha Exactly!