Just like America's banking system, Steemit has a government "of the programmers, by the programmers, for the programmers." and found out the only way you could get non-programmers to join was to pay them.
So don't bother posting if your article doesn't feature:
- Pretty girls - (it doesn't matter what their post is about)
- A "tinder" vibe - (again, it doesn't matter what their post is about)
- A female doing anything - (Ok, now this is a bit repetitive, again)
- Men dressing like women or putting on makeup
- Mention of a whale
- Mention of your programmer pool (forum, chat, IRC etc.)
- Brown-nosing of another programmer with any kind of steem power
- Meaningless content that runs in circles and requires needless input, but that programmers see as "hard loop", so the continuous up-vote is a trained response.
Look at the amount of money people are throwing at all of these new useless widgets ((a chat box that the STAFF should have written)...$17,000 at last view. I hope the folks that are reporting problems are getting their bounty!) and pretty girl (introduce yourself) programmers working on their "doctorate at Asian Coffee Shop University". I even saw a post of what someone is taking on their hiking trip, and it's making massive cash. I saw one post today where a comment that said their "link didn't work"... raised over 10 bucks! "link didn't work"... raised over 10 bucks! Let that sink in....
One person actually just inserted @berniesanders in the post for no reason.
How is this ever going to work if its just programmers paying programmers? It's like online dating, without the friction!
If these posts are legit... If its not just a robot, auto-voting or voting pools, as many people are now doing, "I'll eat my hat." (Disclaimer: Quotes indicate that I really don't plan on eating my hat and any semblances to an oral contract do in no part indicate consideration on my part. Furthermore, reading this post subjects readers to the (EULA) detail not provided upon request. Bernie Sanders has in no way endorsed this comment )