I tried to read some comments to maybe change my initial perception on this post but nothing changed.
This post screams "Self-centeredness" and "Entitlement mentality".
So because the system had been favoring you in the past, it should remain the same way? Did you even bother to check out the reasons for the "experiment"?
Sure the experiment in itself is flawed but the results are there for everyone to see (positive and negative)
It doesn't have to degenerate into a war of Content Creators vs Commenters.
Who are the content creators and who are the commenters?
The whole idea is to encourage more interaction between members of the community. All along, my upvotes added nothing not because they were totally worthless but because the way Steemit is set up, when some people vote, it reduces the value of mine.
The MAJORITY of people were complaining about this and it had to be looked into.
Just because you got into the good books of some whales (and they are way below 100 in number) doesn't mean everything was going fine for the other tens of thousands of users out there.
If you think leaving is the best answer to this, so be it. You have all the right to make that choice.
One thing that I noticed is that users who are currently being autovoted by whales seem to be the most upset. This is logic because currently they have some kind of guaranteed revenue which provides some stability which is good for them. However what they fail to understand is that this stability is an illusion, it is very fragile actually because any whales can decide to stop the autovote for any reason at any time. This experiment provides a much more predictable and stable way to earn a revenue which is why I find it hilarious that so many people say they want to quit because of it. Authors who are serious about building a rep/following and want a stable source of revenue should be ecstatic about this experiment.
Your point is correct but you may want to connect the dots a bit by explaining that votes from many followers are much less likely to shift with the mood of a whale or two, the formation or dissolution of a new guild, the decision of a whale or whales to vote less or not at all, etc. For all the noise about downvoting, what is going on now is mostly just whales not voting (this post got no downvoting as far as I can see) because they decided to see how a different approach from what they have been doing for a the past few months with guilds, etc. would work out. Because some bloggers were so dependent on the support of a few whales, the decision of those same few whales to vote differently (in this case, less) has impacted them significantly, a realization of the inherent risk in concentrated support. Live by the sword, die by the sword, so to speak.
I agree with @smooth - the whales departure has meant many bloggers dying by the sword - particularly those who used Steemit to supplement their income. Now were really beginning to find out who our true community is.
P.S. I spotted this and thought about the double edged sword!! https://steemit.com/funny/@thewiredneuron/stalin-reveals-a-dark-message-to-all-minnows-and-to-the-possible-whereabouts-of-those-flagging-whales-steemmeme
Some people have just refused to look at this situation with an open mind. They've got a mindset and are ready to go to the grave with it. I mean, Steemit is less than a year old and people are already expecting stable income from it? Startups in the real world still end up failing at age five, not to talk of one that's less than a year.
But no, some people never want things to swing out of their zone.
I have not totally stopped voting but have significantly cut down the max % i use in my upvotes.
I will say in all honesty the krakens slowing down on their voting has been a huge factor.
Good to read that you too have decided to exercise a lighter touch. Just because we are whales and can (and even have a a perfectly legitimate right to) decide on all the payouts does not mean that we must do so. As owners of the platform we can decide that users having the bulk of the influence (or at a minimum some significant fraction of it) is more conducive to our own success. Very few have really been happy with the previous whale-controlled reward practices, except those who have personally benefited from it.
Well smooth tbh if u follow my voting record ive really been pretty chill about it in the past too...but i did figure it doesnt make things any better to not at least try to create a silver lining to the way it was all done. So i went along with it even though i would have started it much differently.
It is a good thing to do regardless. Has made me look outside my normal spheres of voting a bit more too. All in all i do agree with the premise though. That is the honest and fair truth. :)
YES :)
I agree with you on the tone of this article. Anyone who thinks they can live off what they make on Steemit and it be an ongoing living, needs to rethink their reasons for being here. No one is entitled to getting any level of payout on their posts. They need to be grateful for what they get and either stay or go.
As for the whining over commenters getting payout on their comments, @lily-de-vine needs to be thankful to have comments on your posts and that they are good enough to get votes and engagement from other users. Many, many posts go without either votes, return or comments.
Steemit needs all its parts, investors, content creators, curators and commenters to make it work. Stop the whining or don't let the door hit you in the ass as you leave.
Yet you currently can expect about a dollar for your comment bitching about my post, becuase someone who isn't considered a whale by "the experiment" but by most metrics is one liked what you had to say. Things like that didn't happen much before but now seem to be the new norm. Seems like maybe your the one not seeing the whole picture here.
*Flagging to apply your own mentality to you atleast in this one example.
I'm so sorry if you see a comment on your post as "bitching". Remind me not to say a word on any of your posts anymore. There are glasses waiting to be blown by you. That's if something else doesn't blow you away before then. ✌️
If you can't see how you chose to word your comment in a way that could be classifed as bitching I don't really think we can have productive conversation.
Upon looking into you farther I find you position that much more amusing. You have about 1/4 the followers as us, recieve 1/4 to 1/3 as much votes as us yet make about the same amount. Yet you claim we are "self- centered" and are being unfairly rewarded.....
I sincerely hope this doesn't degenerate into something negative because it's not my intention.
This
This is why I tagged your post (and several others I've been reading) as self-centered and it's because my high payouts stopped too and I was still able to see the positive side.
I won't be able to explain this further as i'm currently not in a good mood. I hate getting into arguments with people and I apologize for my earlier (wrongly constructed) comments.