Steemit Trending Page: Un-Fucked Me Now
If the trending page of Steemit could only speak a word(s) it would provably be the title of this post—unfucked me now.
What causes a post(s) to go to the trending page?
In the case of Facebook, it is not just one route leading to the limelight much like the rest of other social media giants including Twitter, and even the Google search results.
Many Roads Lead to Heaven
There are numerous metrics in play—some of these are not directly visible in plain sight.
These metrics include the number of likes, number of engagement, number of shares, number of organic reach, number of downloads, so on, and put together to form a coherent understanding about how influential a certain post might be.
It is a multidimensional approach to put things together on the basis of various parameters.
The Steemit Trending Algorithm
But when it comes to Steemit, it is a one dimensional crap. You don't need to deal with a hell lot of complicated ranking factors to make your shit post visible to everyone.
Instead of social engagements and number of likes pushing your article to the trending tab—so people may notice it—what's happening here is the other way around.
Steemit Turns Its Head Upside Down
Upvote powerfully first then watch the magical shit show begins.
This system is only making the rich becomes rich even more. No different from the real world huh!
It is a very counterintuitive algorithm which encourages shit posting and discourages the publication of valuable and interesting ideas—which could otherwise add more value to the platform in the long run.
What is the solution for this?
That is one thing you'll find out in my next post.
When Expectations Meet Reality
Maybe I got it wrong right from the start by setting up my expectation too high and that I should begin to accept the reality of things on here. This is how Steemit works anyway and this is how it should be—until another platform(s) with a better reward system comes along.
The Steemit trending page is no different from the Facebook advertising feature. It is a push button marketing under the guise of trending. What a load of garbage!
All you have to do to become a Steemit pensioner is auto upvote your fellow pensioner within the Steemit inner circle and voila—you are now a member of the most profitable circle jerk brotherhood.
Much money. Popular idiots. Such wow!
Nice slogan! Your voice is worth something you say. Screw that!
Is it really my voice or your Steem Power that is worth something?
I strongly suspect the latter.
At least on traditional social media, users are aware that they were being presented with promotional crap in a very targeted fashion.
With Steemit, this is not the case. Because even a newborn baby who have accidentally posted his or her first gibberish could actually buy a brand new car within seven days out of that nonsensical utterance—provided his dad is cool enough to hold a massive amount of Steem Power however.
If there is anything that needs to be eliminated from the Steemit interface, it is gonna be the promoted tab. It is just sitting there doing nothing like an idiot because nobody cares to visit it anyway.
Funny you still get no downvotes, try to stay under the radar. I love to read you mate!
The comment I've made yesterday was actually just got downvoted by two Steem bigots who offer no legitimate reason for doing so except the apparent fact that their pussies are so butthurt and can't handle the truth.
Now that's how Steemit works! How decentralized, how censorship-proof. Lick my balls!
These motherfuckers think they can control the entire world wide web. What a fucking joke! They're only making the case strong against their shady practices and adding more fuel to my cause.
I can create a brand new anonymous account anytime—I hope they do realize that.
This type of response only encourages me to post more than I usually do and cross-post my contents to all publishing platforms.
Let's see how do these morons be able to censor my contents posted across Minds and GAB.
I recommend you to use that energy in something more productive and positive, there is no point in ramble about it here since they will just silent you. Contact me through disscord, @santana33#2022
Silence me? Lol, I have already created a fully anonymous account for online marketing purposes. This current account will be solely used to make fun of these Steem bigots.
From now on, every post I publish here will also appear on Minds and GAB—both of which are truly censorship-proof platforms. Good luck in downvoting my posts there and let's see how it goes!
I have a Medium publication—but I don't think I will be using it for this particular purpose. It's just the blogging version of Facebook, hence internal censorship is in full effect.
The last time I heard Minds will be launching their own tokens this 1Q, also with GAB. I can still make money doing referral marketing outside of this decentralized jungle all while making fun of these Steemit politicians.
They are just fueling my enthusiasm to write more about how pathetic the Steemit reward system is. These morons talk about Steemit being a censorship-proof platform—I say suck my iron hard dick!
You give utterance to thoughts in the minds of tens of thousands of Steemians
About to organize a society composed of minnows to help each other against those abusive whales by way of mass counter-flagging and sending volumes of spam comments in order to drain the whale's Steem Power. If interested to participate in this movement, please contact me on Discord, the same username.
We are living in a jungle of lawlessness. No one can protect ourselves except ourselves. Always remember what a group of angry piranha can do when organized.
I got downvoted into the fucking Steemit Autism Gulag by whales for defying the gods. It is amazing you haven't been attacked by the Circle Jerk Elite.