STEEM: Come for the rewards. Stay for the community.

The problem is that some people seem to think differently.

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The purpose of this post will be to call out user @earthnation on many things they have done wrong on STEEM, including:

• blatant and repeated comment spamming
• upvote bot abuse
• rewards pool destruction
• claims to "fix" STEEM

and the list goes on.

Big-name Steem users, popular Steemians, whales, and even users who normally don't get along well came together to call out @earthnation on these habits. In this declined payout post, let's explore what @earthnation is doing and why it is not right.

Repetitive Comment Spam

Normally, it's very easy to figure out and identify comment spammers, as they generally simply copy-paste the same poorly worded "very good article, upvote me ?" comment all over Steem.

Now, let's see if you can identify a comment spammer in the screenshot below:

As you can see, @earthnation has pasted the exact same comment with the only difference being "Greetings @username" literally all over Steemit. User @shello found that this comment was copy pasted by @earthnation over 42 times in a row.

Most of the comments were self-voted by @earthnation about ~$0.25 to keep flags from bringing them down, and so they could take up space on the comment feed.

So what's the difference between @earthnation and a Steem comment spammer? I'm not sure.

Abuse of Upvote Bots and Rewards Pool

How is the STEEM Blockchain able to reward users so much cryptocurrency every day? The basis is the rewards pool, a concept pioneered by @steemit involving a pool of cryptocurrency that gets 'created' every single day.

Basically put, each post contains a share of the daily rewards pool. If your post gets upvoted more, that share increases. If other posts get upvoted much more, your share and other users' shares decrease.

Upvote bots are meant to provide minnows and Steemians more visibility and a larger audience on the STEEM Blockchain. They're not meant to push spam up the blockchain or to "multiply money."

To the right, you can see a sample of the votes trickling into an @earthnation post. Notice how so many of the rewards come from upvote bots. In that post specifically, just three upvote bots accounted for over $125 of the rewards.

In other posts, you can see vote bots taking up 80-90% of @earthnation's post rewards. @earthnation doesn't try to gain visibility as a little minnow, in fact they're a relatively rich account with over $5000 loaded in.

@earthnation's abuse of voting bots needs to stop.

Betrayal

One of the most famous scenes in history is when Brutus, Julius Caesar's longtime friend and confidante, betrays him by stabbing him 'in the back' prior to his death.

Can you make a comparison between the theme of betrayal and the screenshots below?

In typical @earthnation fashion, @earthnation flagged basically their only sources of post rewards: voting bots. The voting bots did exactly what they were told to do and behaved to spec, yet their comment received flags from @earthnation.

If I ran a voting bot and my bot behaved properly, yet received flags from a customer, I would probably stop serving that customer altogether.

Outrageous Claims to "Fix Steem"

@earthnation is known for making claims. Claims to help you earn more on STEEM. Claims to allow you more visibility on STEEM. Even claims to help "fix" STEEM.

Users like @shello, @geekgirl, @ats-david, and many more were quick to point out some obvious scams:

And The List Goes On...

It's clear that STEEM and @earthnation in their current states are not going to get along with each other.

Please, @earthnation, heed the loads of advice you've gotten in your replies and comments from very well-respected Steemians. Many users who don't even get along well have come together against you.

For a "lover of STEEM" it's very funny how @earthnation is powering down... ;)

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Thanks for reading,
— @mooncryption

image sources: earthnation comment thread

disclaimer: I will say that all the opinions in this post are my own. But I will add that the majority of the STEEM community and many respected Steemians hold similar or the same opinions of @earthnation as well.