… we all stopped voting for others?
Steemit is great in so many ways! I have met some of the most wonderful people on Steemit (and meeting new ones every day). However, as I start to post more regularly and spend more time on the platform, I am seeing a growing concern about the contentious issue of “self-voting”.
I am personally not against the idea of self-voting. It is your vote and why shouldn’t you use it to help yourself! Political candidates have always voted for themselves in elections so why shouldn’t you ;)
However, I do not like the idea of only upvoting my own posts - ALL THE TIME!
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Just think about it, it doesn’t really sound that much fun!
It's like having lots of nice toys and not sharing them with anyone else!
I don’t think we can expect to find new friends if we become so possessive of our upvotes :)
Then there is also the bigger question:
Is it sustainable for a social media platform such as Steemit to grow if we all just stopped voting for others?
I personally don’t think so!
I think if we all stopped voting for others, we will very quickly kill Steemit!
A healthy and functioning community requires interaction between its members. On Steemit this community interaction is incentivised by upvotes. When someone decides to save up all their votes for themselves, they are sending a signal to others that they can do better alone! :(
Some people might do well (financially) with this approach but if everyone started to do this, Steemit will no longer be about communities but about individuals. Which isn't ideal!
Aren’t we all likely to do better in the long term if more people joined Steemit making our STEEM hodling more valuable?
Do you think more people would want to join a platform where everyone just votes for themselves?
What will be the point of such an anti-social network?
Maybe the thing to do is to balance our self-voting by regularly giving to others too?
When I say giving to others I don’t mean giving to your other 10 accounts ;)
What do you think? Do you think we’ll be ok if its every man for himself on Steemit?
You can focus on your own value on steemit or focus on the overall value of steemit. The fact is that the only way for Steemit to work is if we share and upvote each other. Without the minnows there won't be growth, and without growth we can never become a big social media platform, and thus our Steem will never go skyhigh and we will be stuck with an awesome but always undervalued crypto currency
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I couldn't agree with you more. I think it is important more Steemians realize it sooner rather than later ☺️
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just so you know I was led here by Dan's resteem he's a good Steemian to follow and learn from
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Yes, I really respect Dan a lot and try to learn from him :)
I am so grateful for the resteem too or I wouldn't have met you - which makes him even cooler!
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Half the time I feel like this situation has already happened. Some people are so stingy with their votes it is unreal.
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You are right, it has already happened and just getting worse by the day.
I wonder if it is the bear market that is making people so attached to their pennies :D You know like how people who grew up during world wars (when there was a shortage of supplies) are really careful with their money :)
Maybe I should make a post naming and shaming all stingy selfvoters. I am fearless now, I don't care if no one wants to vote for my posts :D
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I think a big part of it is that even if people start out sharing their vote and all that they kind of see some other people being greedy and then they justify it in their mind that it doesn't matter because everyone else is doing it. Then on top of that some people have powered up a lot of money from the outside and feel like they have to make that money back. I powered up a lot and it worked out for a couple of weeks when the price spiked but then now I feel like I have a decent amount sunk in here and everyone else is delegating their power to bots and being stingy so it feels like the only way I can get back on track is cut almost everyone off and just upvote myself. So I get the business type feeling to it.
But yeah..... when the money is rolling in people are lose with it. Like a 22 year old who just signed an NFL contract. lol Then when the money isn't there anymore they clinch up real hard.
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Upvoted - Well done Lucy!
What a well written blog, you should also try your hand in comedy, go check out this tag #comedyopenmic and have a few laughs :)
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Thank you so much for your kind words and upvote @dj123 - I truly appreciate it!
I will definitely check out #comedyopenmic and I hope I don't humiliate myself ;)
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There are many curators and judges giving out extra upvotes for self-humiliation, sounds like your bases are all covered, go Do it!
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It sounds like my kind of party, I am definitely in :)
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Self-voting people just lose respect in my eyes. Better make use of that SP to help others grow and in turn be helped by others to grow.
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True! We can sprinkle our fairy dust to grow our community - in my case it is only a few grains of fairy sand ;)
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And those few grains matter in a big way to motivate someone who is just starting out. ;)
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Un plancton como yo no tiene mucho que decir al respecto porque mi voto en mínimo, pero tienes mucha razón en que es mejor compartir con todos en la comunidad. Así mejoramos la plataforma. Saludos. ;)
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jaja! No importa lo que valga nuestro voto, es la decisión de dar a los demás lo que importa :)
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Because this is a good post, I upvoted it:) Community is cool (and something in our corporate-controlled world we moved so far away from)and we should share the love and support one another to make this whole decentralized movement grow!
I agree with your sentiments, I only upvote my blog posts, never my comments.
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Thank you! That's very kind of you. Your upvote is truly appreciated :)
I hope more and more people on the platform embrace this community spirit so we can make steemit appealing to the mass market! As you say - it is really important for the growth of decentralized movement!
xx Lucy
PS - Thank you so much for stopping by and for your thoughtful comment!
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Sadly, I think there's just a psychology here around "self-interest". People are generally tuned in to "what's in it for me" and so will only vote for their own posts as it's in their self interest. This is a very short term vision and may work for a little while but as I've read in the comments, won't sustain the true value of Steem (or any other cryptocurrency).
The trick is getting people to care enough to read your posts and share their votes with your (or whoever's) content, not just their own. The long term vision would involve everyone helping each other to grow by overcoming that self-interest and thinking of the community.
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I am very thankful to you because my steemit is alive with you. Your words is right. You are a good steemian to follow.
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That's such a kind thing to say @sweetspicy :)
Thank you!
xx Lucy
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Helo @lucygarrod. Wish you pretty well this day and on. Well Lucy, your worried about our platform is very reasonable, and So do I. The reason is already served by you in this wonderful post. Thanks my friend.
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:) Thank you @rikaz87
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Excelente post @lucygarrod. No importa si nuestro voto vale mucho o poco, lo ideal es apoyar a todos en la comunidad. De alguna manera eso ayda.
Saludos.
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:)
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Hey @dianaclark
I take it that you are not a native English speaker so I will just clarify it. Are you saying I should upvote you because you upvoted this post? I don't want to misunderstand you and help you if I can!
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No.I am new this platform.So i need your help.Can you help me and give me upvote?
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Sure! I will happily upvote you if you create content that I like or comment intelligently instead of spammy comments asking for upvotes. This kind of behaviour is not good for anyone (you, me or others on steemit). Please use your time and energy to create or curate good content and you will grow big and strong. There I have given you advice which is far more valuable than my upvote. Use it wisely :)
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