Mike's Writing Challenge Week #2 - Randowhale Is Awake. Me, Not So Much.

Heeding the final call for Mike's Writing Challenge Week #2, I respectfully submit this tongue-in-cheek, confused story of misunderstood humanity.

Image Credit: @fishmon

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Randowhale Is Awake – Me, Not So Much

I’m being followed by bots. Or else the bots have invaded to such an extent that they are everywhere. Good bots, bad bots, fake-people bots… they’re everywhere.

That damned randowhale bot… you know I thought it was a real person to begin with? I remember that first week – I was all over the place trying to find some good folks to follow. Kept seeing this guy in the comments, making such a big deal out of just being there, like it was some sort of blessing.

I checked his blog. This dude has thousands of followers, yet only follows one - and it’s not who you’d think, either. What hubris! Who is this Randoguy anyway? Oh yeah. He’s a bot.

Randowhale is awake. Like I care. Looks like everybody follows him, though. So I follow him, just like everybody else. I wonder if they know why they’re following him…

Apparently for cash, the greedy little freakers. Seems old randy-whale pays them through upvoting their posts. But only when he’s “awake”. Wait a minute! Why does the bot need sleep?

And how does he get them more payouts? It says plainly on his space: Any funds sent will be returned. So where does the power come from? It’s not like he can create Steem from whole cloth, is it?

I swear, this steemit thing is going to give me another heart attack.

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