At first I was against the steemit experiment but now I think it's great. I can make $1-2 now for posting any old shit!
I mean it's not the $5-10 I would get before if I got a lucky whale vote, but heh those posts took time, taking photos, editing, writing engaging text of a few hundred words. That took hours to make good content, this takes minutes.
Bet you didnt think youd see clipart on steemit...
Grab a silly pic off google write some nonsense and profit. I can even upvote my own nonsense comments for a bit extra.
I'm excited
With the hardfork coming and the 4 post daily limit being removed steemit can be flooded with low quality posts just like this way. Within 6 months steemit can look like MySpace and we all know how successful that was.
So
pineapples for everyone
Am I being ridiculous? Yes, but a small group of whales started it by deciding to play God
Sorry for typos I don't bother to check anymore
Here's a link to one of my older posts to compare. Enjoy the new-look low-rent steemit.
https://steemit.com/travel/@bkkshadow/a-day-in-soweto-south-west-township-south-africa
Hi-res pics shot by myself while travelling, and original content, but honestly with the new system i can just post any old crap....Winning
Let me know when the nonsense is over. This post took less than 10 minutes...I'm out....
The value of content is not only defined by its monetary outcome. It´s a side effect.
Since you are an established content creator here on steemit with an admirable reputation (congrats to that btw), you have some bots - or at least blind voters - following you: 100 votes / 13 views for this post so far. Others would surely be pleased to have them.
Thanks to the current (new) distribution of rewards, minnow and dolphin votes do have more impact. Yes the implementation of the experiment wasn´t well done and steemit doesn´t look good (especially from the outside) being full of flagged posts. However steem price is considerably increasing, which means that the experiment doesn´t have a negative influence on the performance - or at least that it´s not negative enough to equalize other positive effects.
Regardless of the image problem - and I think this is unquestionable - their final goal is achieved and the power has been distributed more fairly amoung the participants. Muting whale votes by flags can´t be a long term solution - I bet even @smooth and @abit would agree on that. However, it was a brilliant way to open our eyes. Delegation of power is one of the key ideas of the ideology of decentralization. It´s the first time this is effectively happening on steemit. So yes, I don´t like flagging either. But the result is worth being considered.
Now, if you deduce from this situation, that you should lower the quality of your content, then of course you can do that. The question is: do you really feel comfortable doing it? Is that fulfilling?
Sorry for the long text. I´ll have a Piña Colada now :)
Steem on!
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This is indeed the reason shit post are getting upvoted still, when his followers become active and see this they will drop support. There are a lot of inactive users on steemit due to the lack of influence, now that it's back expect your followers to pay more attention.
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This is a long term project here. I just don´t get why most people don´t have a minimum of patience. But hey, everybody is free to do whatever he or she thinks is best :) Some are into drama, others not. Happy weekend!
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@bbkshadow hmmm..
Optimus Prime - and abit
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The perfect reaction to a pineapple post is to downvote it. So I did.
Not only does a minnow upvote mean something now, so does a minnow downvote. Power has been invested in the wisdom of the crowd.
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Your reward for being in
Promotedis an upvote and 0.002 SBD extra promotion.Good job, keep your contents promoted! :)
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Pineapple!!!!:)
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that is a fine looking pineapple. I applaud you>
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I love this photo comment
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thanks
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you're welcome
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Haha, thanks:)
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Huh:) I have a fellow hairdresser who can do that:)
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Do it for steemit :p
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I do see less original content and more quantity over quality now that a few people decided to abuse the flag system with bots. We just need to have bot posters then no one will ever have to actually deal with content. I even saw one post that was all copy and paste with a link to the original content from a major news source,lol You cant control an entire social media network with bots as they are doing. You need people to actually look at content otherwise the value is lost. I love the pineapple protest, its much much better than quitting and you get paid to protest! win/win
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Resteemed :-)
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thanks. I hope you agree with the sentiment in the post and didn't just read the title
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I only resteemd what I have really checked out. I am not a fan of this experiment.
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and as you make all your content by your own with a lot of photos and interesting stories I help and resteem it.
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me either get pineapple!!!
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thanks....just checking :) Peace, love & pineapples
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I am conflicted! I shouldn't upvote pineapples, because that's your message! But I should upvote your message, because... it makes sense!
Stop confusing me!
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its like the ethical dilemna with the fat pineapple on the railway overpass...Do you sacrifice 1 pineapple to save many....I don;t know, I'm conflicted
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It will take some time for nonsense to loose that front non-
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Huh, no:) Not my style:) I prefer having blue hair:)
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I think fewer people will vote for you if your post really drop off. Nice point here but I disagree
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You are apparently expecting that rewards have to correlate with the efforts that you have dedicated to a post. Just post what you care about. I believe that a travel post like the one referenced above would now score much better BECAUSE of the experiment. I think you are missing out the benefits of the ongoing experiment by sticking to your pinneapple theme.
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Upvoted, resteemed and will promote with some money :D
Agreed 1000℅
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OMG! My vote just gave you $0.20! Isn't this awesome?
/s
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BEST DAY EVER !!!
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thats a funny pic
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thanks
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You're welcome
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Agree!!!! :)
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I love the Simpsons
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me too
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