Big issues are coming out in this platform ever since #newsteem has launched. This trending hashtag was made in an effort to bring honest curation in Steemit which also brings hope for tribes in resolving the issue of honest curation within the entire community.

The long-time issue of comment voting, self-upvotes, shitpostings, and circle jerking has always been a problem of any tribe.. It's always a big hurdle because it is difficult to predict human behavior.

I was part of those users mentioned above, I used my stake for my own benefit. Voting myself, shitposting, and voting on comments were some of the violations I made. Admitting takes a lot of courage, so I commend myself a little for that.

A glimpse of hope shined in my eyes a couple of days ago when sportstalk introduced a feature that enables us to use downvotes 2.5 times a day and a handful of top investors are doing their tasks in policing abuse. I was one of the users being hit be a barrage of attacks and had conversation with @abh12345.sports regarding the behavior.

I believe, there is no "wrong" of maximizing your stake. Just that it makes "wrong" because people have standards to meet for a better platform. They are doing their task to police abuse. I see that they probably do it either to protect their stake or make this platform the best tribe in Steem (and probably the best Dapp?). I love the second.

In order to make Sportstalk a better platform, there are rules-regulations-standards being set. These are highly discouraged.

• Self-upvoting on comments
• Excessive posts and self-upvote
• Posting low quality content (aka shitpost)
• Circle-jerking (voting)
• I would also include contests that "almost" have the same writing. The efforts made are of low quality, yet just to escape the effort of writing qualitatively.

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My Realizations

_{Amazing page breaker thanks to @julstamban}

Thanks to the better actors, some are even top investors in this platform, I have come to a realization to stop the things I'm doing above. Its a "short-term" strategy and instead, focus on a strategy that nurtures my audience, investment, and network.

Honest curation, content with effort (too shy to write with quality because clearly I'm not), engagement, and helping to police abuse. You can check on @sportsinfo's daily updates for a summary of most bad behaviors of some users.

So now, I pledge to use my stake in a way that aligns the mission and vision of the platform.

• I will self-upvote in my posts given that I only post 1 or 2 times a day.
• Never upvote my own comments.
• Vote new users as a welcome gift for their entry.
• Curate top quality posts related to sports (Top priority).
• Vote on users who engage on my posts as a way to tip them.

My delegated Sports are coming in a few days. So today, I'm shutting off my alt accounts and focus a new, refreshed, and inspired @korver. Together, everything will be better.

Thanks a lot,

@korver