First of all, as I understood, that astrologist spammer is getting something around .6% of the pool, not 6-7. Somebody made a wrong calculation and it went 'viral'. Maybe things have changed tho.
Anyways. My 2 cents. Since I registered, I have had a feeling that something is off in this platform. People keep talking about how it is not a website, but a community. We all should contribute with quality content and sing kumbaya around the curating fire.
And to some extent it works. I participate only in a very small section of the site, reading and writing about cage fighting. And like martial arts in real life, it is full of friendly and respectful people. Comments are long and often have real discussions. I imagine it works in similar ways in other subsections.
But then you see this bullshit that you addressed today. I followed you because you write really cool shit. Your posts are excellent. And you try to play along the ideals of the site, start small, invest in quality and surf the wave.
When some spammer with a big stick then decides that he (her?) and his posse will take revenge on you for using the platform as it was intended, then this whole community (?!) should have a HUGE outcry. If not, then this particular front-end of the Steem media token is already dead. We will see how it plays out.
Thank you for this comment. It really means a lot.
Maybe I didnt see the decimal point. Could be my bad! Entirely possible.
I really dont know what to say man. I completely agree with you and I couldnt have said it better myself. The only thing I would add is that I really dislike the headstart the early adopters got. I mean I get it... First come first serve and everything. But the benefits should stop somewhere especially if that person is now completely screwing the platform. Now these early adopters, aka whales, can shit on us, the small fishes as they wish without any real consequences.