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in steem •  8 years ago 

This Is "The Experiment" In Action

Looking through my newsfeed I just noticed a post by @craig-grant that had a $0.00 "potential payout" in the next 20 hours. I thought that was pretty weird since Craig's posts usually average around $5 - $10.

After a closer look at his 178 votes at the time I noticed @smooth 's vote at the top with a little " - " instead of a " + ". This is the first time I've actually seen a flag. That's what it looks like when you get flagged and that's what happens when a whale flags a post. In this case the payout was completely nullified.

I hope Craig isn't mad I shared this and I'm not trying to gloat. But after all the talk about "The Experiment" think this is a good example of how strong a single whale vote can be.

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I do appreciate that @abit and @smooth are trying to distribute the rewards pool to more users and I think something needs to be done to equalize the power between Whales and lower accounts. But I do get that no-one is happy when they lose money.

Good luck out there friends! @camb

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If you open a minds.com they got encrypted chat so we don't have to have public conversations,.... https://minds.com/freebornangel

Just got on minds. https://minds.com/camb

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Ill get in touch with you on minds.com tomorrow.

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Thanks for the invite.

I was tagged by him as well , I'm just thanking god for what I do get. and praying that he reconsiders and removes it from my first real post ever! If not I'm sure things happen for a reason!

It because the video was also posted by the orginal creator, he deserves the rewards, not me, now i am following him, you should too https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@taoofsatoshi/catv-video-the-crypto-race-bitcoin-problems-dash-solutions-with-roger-ver

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Oh. I was thinking it was just another random flag against high payouts. Thanks for the link.

But I do get that no-one is happy when they lose money.

People are losing money everytime someone else is upvoting. For example i just upvoted your post and that money was taken from everyone else.

I get that and I'm not against flagging in general. I just wanted to point out again that I wasn't trying to gloat about Craig losing the rewards.