What happens when Steemit Witnesses become corrupt, and decide to no longer play the game fairly? They cheat other members!
Corrupt Witnesses like @themarkymark have stolen huge amounts of money from curators by manipulating the system in their favor, such as downvoting, and so on. They then end up pocketing the vast majority of the curator award pools for themselves and their friends, while leaving the rest of Steemit members (US) with virtually NOTHING at all!
Here is the value of @themarkymark Steemit account:
Estimated Account Value: The estimated value is based on an average value of Steem in US dollars.
$134,599.24 (Yes! Almost $135 Thousand Dollars)
What is the value of your Steemit Account?
My bet is that it is ZERO or close to it, and it will likely NEVER increase much beyond that point, if at all, because the Steemit System quite simply is RIGGED against you by the following members:
And Others.