I put in lots of work, share original ideas, art and music. But because I dont have boobs and flatter the Steemit devs, my 20 upvotes are only worth 2 Steam Pennies because those votes came from lowly peasants such as myself. Chicks get a dollar per upvote because a lot of rich crypto guys (steemit royalty) still cant get laid. Yes. Im jealous!
The most powerful steemers decide what goes up and down. Its a capitalistic heirchy. Super cool.
My concern isnt the money rewards.
Its that the money will create the familiar freedback loop of rich and powerful people deciding what we all should he paying attention to.
Good job on attracting some big fish to this post! Youre getting over a dollar per upvote!
It's probably better to view things in terms of motivational psychology. If you're the founder of a tech-heavy, male-dominated community, it's in your best interest (and that of the community) to be very inviting to the sex which is underrepresented and which makes up more than half of our species. You'll notice in Slack they also talk about upvoting posts from possible integration partners and other people of interest. This is completely reasonable and rational to me, considering the time and effort they have put into the platform.
I've only been here a couple days and was confused when a post I did on non-violent communication was up to over $30 with few only a handful of votes. Then I see a vote by "Dan". Yep, that @dan. I loved reading his introduceyourself post and I feel like we actually have quite a bit in common. I can see why he liked the post. It aligns with his self interests. I think the important thing about a platform like this isn't catering to specific groups, but being yourself and letting the world respond.
All that said, there is a potential for the whales to rule the waters. I'm still learning about the economics involved here and will post more once I understand it better. My pennies worth of advice: be genuine, care about others, and put in the work. What happens after that is out of our control.
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""Dan". Yep, that @dan. I loved reading his introduceyourself post and I feel like we actually have quite a bit in common. I can see why he liked the post. It aligns with his self interests. I think the important thing about a platform like this isn't catering to specific groups, but being yourself and letting the world respond."
You're a genius. Thank you for having a functioning soul.
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Wow, thank you @stellabelle. A "functioning soul" is about the best compliment I could hope for. :) I'm really enjoying the quality of the human beings here so far, and I'm only on day 2! (I'm still working on caring about the bots... yeah, I'm looking at you @wang)
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;yeah, people don't like the bots at first, but I have a different feeling because the bots used to get attached to my posts...(diff. system in early days) so the bots were fun and friendly to me....helped me become a dolphin in here....@wang is not so bad!
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@wang Great to have you here! :P
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Good post
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The Award for Authenticity goes to @lukestokes will be donating a steem dollar right now. I'm not a whale would do more:)
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Wow! Thank you! I saw that in my wallet and was like, "WHAT?!?" My first tip on Steemit! :)
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Yea that is an interesting concept. Power hunger is inescapable
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the quest for power is an ingrained mammalian response. However humans are the only creatures on the planet who hoard massive resources to such an extent that others starve.
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Sad but True!
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I never show my tits but I work my butt off daily. I work about 13 hours per day every day. I have 3 jobs, if you count single motherhood, then that's 4. But all 4 jobs I love. It can be done. I'm not hot nor am I young. I am the most outcasted demographic that exists on Steemit: an unfuckable middle-aged woman who has nothing to offer hot, horny crypto dudes except this:
Get out of the Matrix while you're young or hire me to write for you. I can always use another client to help me get on the richlist.
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C'mon, I think you're hot.
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I suppose it never hurts to hear those words. Hot? Hmmm, possibly but definitely rebellious, mischievous is more my game. And boy, do I love to be the architect of games. :)
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Now, you sound even more tempting, who doesn't like games?
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murakami would be pretty impressed right about now...
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ha ha! I don't hide anything, much to the chagrin of the weak masses.
What murakami book did you read?
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oh, about 4 but my favorite is a wild sheep chase or maybe Norwegian Wood?! but he does love a good ear and that is one :))
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ok, enough with the aural sex pics... :)
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THIS IS FOR YOU
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You're awesome. I enjoyed reading this! Now, I'm going to read your blogs! Don't stop being you :-)
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"a lot of rich crypto guys (steemit royalty) still cant get laid"
It's probably just that they are a little more fastidious than you.
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ah, but I can teach anyone how to get anything they want.
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ha ha! How do you know?
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I read the manual.
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I had to google fastidious to know what it meant.
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That made me laugh!
have a penny
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my post or trevonjb's?
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the one with my 1 penny vote.
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I was not replying to your post.
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