RE: Introducing: Potty-Bot (or Why You Should Vote for Better Witnesses)
Upvoted, because all this fake-positivity and the circle jerking on Steemit is annoying me to no end!
Also I am really annoyed by a bunch on people on the Trending pages. Half of them only got their positions because they got in early, accumulated high rewarding posts and this drew in more people (not quality of content, but financial payout of content). And the other half already had a following on other platforms, made the jump and insta-cashed 50K a month because their existing followers will upvote whatever they post.
Oh, and not to mention there's a bunch of people posting high payout posts which are basically reposts of other people's content, yet they are earning double digits per post within minutes.
Big, big problems for Steemit.
I'm working my way into a sort of circle with people who don't shitpost and it has been better, but still I worry about the longevity of the platform when this behaviour is so rampant and easily recognizable. I feel like if they disabled the monetary incentive from Steemit, the platform would die out within a month.
Right and as long as they are running witness nodes we are paying them to do it. The post is meant as a satirical take on the situation, but it's a real shituation if you know what I'm saying. :)
Yeah I know.
We know what you're saying. I wonder if they are reading this...? I hope so!
:)
"Just keep working hard and eventually you'll be a whale" . That's really easy for a whale to say and it's true for some of us now, but it's going to get harder and harder and I'd like to think someone would do well for themselves writing great content even if they are late to the game.
Money as an incentive has good aspects but as the main incentive, it's kind of weak, especially with all the loopholes like bots and self voting.
I'm the same as you, Im trying to encourage a positive kind of circle jerking where quality, commitment to being a decent person and fun are at least equal, if not more important than money and personal gain.
Don't get caught up in the bs, you can still go far just being cool and good even if it's not the quickest or surest way to success, It's far more sustainable