Good morning. Tonight I learned that good whales actually stop the less good whales when they abuse the system. The hottest topic lately is that some whales self upvote every single one word comment with the pure intention of TAKING and with NO INTENTION OF GIVING BACK... When this happens, good whales that care about this community will square off with them and put a stop to it.
Planet steemit trembles when these titans clash...
No..... seriously now lol...
I was reading the amazing Steem Daily Forecast and one of the issues brought up is that there is much discontent with the abuse of self-upvoting of some whales. And I got into a conversation with the legendary @bateman. He really showed me a thing or two that shed a lot of light on this issue. LEGEND...
He is not a whale hater and as I said so many times I am not a whale hater. I was accused of that tonight in one of my threads. They are major shareholders in this great platform and without them there is no steemit. I have also said many times they have a right earn and they deserve it as they reached whalehood one way or another. It is the abuse of their privilege that the community is not happy about.
In this part of the conversation I learned that self upvoting does have a place and it is a valuable thing to do in the right way and not just for monetary reasons. But an open system does have a vulnerability to certain whale abusing the system. But I breathed a sigh of relief when he pointed out that other whales can counteract these actions. There are benevolent masters watching over us. Like these good and bad masters...
The most valuable thing I learned is that the good whales really do care about this misconduct as they have high stakes in the reward pool and when someone is raping it, they will step in when necessary and use their super powers...
Thank you @bateman for your insight. I hope you got some value out of this.
Upvote and follow if you found this to be useful. And I would most appreciate a resteem.
I am Proud member and supporter of the minnow support project - brought to you by @aggroed, @ausbitbank, @teamsteem, and @canadian-coconut
Regards
Yoda
I doubt that self voting could truly cause immense damage in anyway, but I do know that good circulation is extremely important for growth in a community. The better the circulation the better the overall experience. Not just monetary either.
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all the bugs will be ironed out as soon as we get out of the steemit experimental beta stage.
Your doing a good job.
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I think that's an aspect many people forget since the website is already so great. Do you know if there is a timeline on when the final version will be released?
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If all goes well, there will be no final version. Steem must live on forever! :P
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True, haha in that case lets hope there is no final version
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I think it is awesome even in the beta stage. It will become even more amazing :)
Hope I earned an upvote and a follow, most importantly a resteem. This post won;t last long other wise ;)
Thanks
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Great post (i know about the theory, personally, but not everyone does)
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Thank you... I did not know about this until tonight :). Thanks for the big upvote. You're a legend :)
Any chance you can resteem this for me? It will be lost soon :)
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I think you requested i re-steem a couple of times...but just to say i'm currently trying to go with only the very 'blandest of bland' type of posts(!) - that no-one could possibly object to when re-steemed. So, think BBC rather than Fox news ;) (Not that i'm comparing your posts to Fox news :) ). Or maybe TV weather presenter material :) So, my favourite posts, and often ones which I will agree a lot of with, will not necessarily be the same ones I would re-steem. Stuff I'm of course happy with would be along the lines of 'someone needs an op', 'here's why steem is better than facebook', 'here's some useful info for new users' etc. This is just my quirky choice at the moment :)
Anyway, in this particular case, i think it maybe 'just about' fits with the above, since it is more educational than taking a strong view on something - so i will therefore re-steem it :)
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Thank you for the compliment. I apologise if I am a little eager. But you know I am trying to get some important messages out there from the position of a minnow. Thank you for your patience and your support :)
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No worries - very happy to upvote any good posts (and sometimes re-steem), anyway. Cheers :)
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I am so proud of myself to earn resteems from you :) They certainly make a bit of difference.
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A good discussion clears the air...Resteemit for followers.
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Thank you :)
Follow me ar @yoda1917 and see my latest whale fight post :)
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nice
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Thanks for reading this. I will give you a shout out on my next article. Can you do me a huge favour and resteem this for me. And come to @yoda1917 and follow if you see anything that ads value and amuses you :)
Thanks in advance
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you received an upvote from @worldclassplayer. See latest post Here
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This is need of the day if community want to be authentic and will allow a level playing field for everyone otherwise This become another joke of social media revolution..
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Correct.. we are still in beta and if we don't get it right it will evolve into another place where people with money will come here just to make more money, and the genuine steemians will leave whether they cancel their accounts or not.
Thank you for your response, these conversations are where the magic and the imporvements happen.
Can you do me a huge favour and resteem this for me so more people get to se ethis before it dies.
And I invite you to come to @yoda1917 and follow as I believe we support the same cause and I hope to engage you in more conversation :)
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This post has received a 1.38 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @yoda1917.
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wow, I know this thing could happen but I never knew at it is now an issue. Base on this some whales are really greedy, but thanks to good whales out here they are fighting it.
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It's not THAT big of an issue, although long term if there's a few whales with hundreds of dollars per comment and doing that hundreds of times daily for years, then yes there is a slight damaging point. There are larger issues though with the site that I truly believe would affect the platform more
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Thank you for your support in this cause. There are many good whales and some greedy ones. May I ask for a favour and get a resteem from you so more people get to see this before it falls into invisibility :)
And come to @yoda1917 and follow if you like some of my other materials :)
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Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by yoda1917 from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, and someguy123. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows and creating a social network. Please find us in the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.
If you like what we're doing please upvote this comment so we can continue to build the community account that's supporting all members.
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good to read, thank for sharing in your view.
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Thank you for your time to read my post :)
Can you do me a huge favour and resteem this so it can reach a few more people before it disappears, that would be awesome.
And come to @yoda1917 and see my other work. And offer me a follow if you find any of it to be of value :)
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i will, see you around
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I am Proud member and supporter of the minnow support project - brought to you by @aggroed, @ausbitbank, @teamsteem, and @canadian-coconut
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Right ...
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???
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This post received a 2.5% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @yoda1917! For more information, click here!
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I've seen a few whales comment and upvote their own content. After a period of time I thought it was flagged and soon dealt with....
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Yes there was at least one that was made a big deal out of.
Happens all the time. But not all whales are like that.
Thanks for your response.
May I ask for a resteem? As this has already sunken into silence and I would like more to see this :)
Thanks
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Thank for sharing
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You are most welcome. I am passionate about my cause. Any chance you can help me with a resteem? And if i earned it come to @yoda1917 and follow. I am sure there is something there that will amuse you :)
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Good to know there are some whales that care about the community. Whatever happens am sure good always wins over bad/evil. Thank you for sharing :)
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Yes there are. One helped me out in a big way tonight. Hey may I ask for a resteem so this can get out there before it sinks into silence. And come to @yoda1917 and follow. I am sure there is something there that will amuse you :)
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I dunno, If one is able to upvote ones own content. I don't see a problem if the content or comment is sincerely made.
Abuse will become an issue, I do agree.
That said, I really like the image of a Battle Whale Royale that would be cool to literally see. Two massive whales just battling, with a crowbar and a knife.
Thanks for fun post.
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Hahahahahhahaha that is a cool image. And yes there are cool whales and there are ones that are not so cool.
Hey come to @yoda1917 and check out my other crazy stuf f and see if I can win a follow from you ;)
And please reteem this for me if you can before it sinks into nothingness :)
I will greatly appreciate that
Regards
Yoda
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I followed you already and resteem bud. And gave you a upvote
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Thanks so much for that. Really appreciate it. Hope you chekc out more of my work at @yoda1917 :)
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Great Post
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Thanks :) hope it is of value to you. Come to @yoda1917 and see if I can earn a follow from you. And may I ask a favour for a resteem so more people can get to see this :)
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Fight fight fight🔫😎😲😲😲😲😁👍 good post upvoted and resteemed 😊
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Thank you so much. Come to @yoda1917 and have a laugh and if you do, follow ;)
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Your welcome hahaha and you are followed 😊😁😎👍
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Thanks for the post. Personally , I do not understand why anyone would want to upvote their own comments. To me it makes no sense. I upvoted and resteemed your post.
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They do it for money without having to put in any real effort bro.
Hey come to @yoda1917 and see if anything there makes you smirk. Hoping I earn a follow ;)
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Thank you. I am following.
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You are welcome. Hey can I ask you for a huge favour and get you to resteem this for me? I would like this message to get out to more people :)
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First off like to say nice post and I re-steemed it so other members will see this post. Some good information in there. As a newer minnow as people refer to us this place is a little confusing. People can see they can up vote their posts, so if a minnow does not see a thread like this. They will begin to up vote automatically. Not sure any rules are here about this. However the threads popping up on the subject means something is not cool about it. Time to dig into those threads also.
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Thank you. I am glad I added some value to your experience. That is my mission .
Come to @yoda1917 and see what else I can assist you with.
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Interesting article. How exactly does one go about "raping the rewards pool"? I would've thought pillaging to be the more appropriate word in this situation.
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Perhaps you're right... I went for the effect.
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I'm forever at a loss for why people want to use that particular word to describe things it doesn't apply to. It's prevalent in gaming, too.
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It has a strong and in your face presence which stirs intense emotion
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Thanks for the insights. Still learning and trying to fill in the gaps each day.
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You are welcome and you and me both :) I think I am still in my 4th week and I still have much to learn. Hope you check out more of my work @yoda1917 and follow me if you find value in it :)
And can you do me a huge favour and resteem this so I can reach a wider audience before it fades into nothingness :)
Thanks in advance
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I did resteem. I'm working on a post for tomorrow that addresses a couple steemit shortcomings and ideas to fix it. Will you look for it tomorrow in the morning and resteem for me if you like it? Thx
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I am looking forward to reading it. Let's follow each other so we see these articles when they come out. I am about to put out a very emotional one. Hipe you are there to comment :)
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Follow me and up vote me please
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Interesting world this steemit, I Have got a lot to learn.
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It sure is, and there is much more to learn. Follow me and see some of my other work. And May I ask a huge favour and get you to resteem this for me so more people see it before it sinks.
Thanks :)
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Good article about the whales, and yes, most of them really do care about this community or it would have been toast by now.
Resteeming this to 11,000+ followers. Hope it helps. :)
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Thank yo so much :)
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