RE: How To Destroy Steemit in 3 Easy Steps!
Hello @stellabelle
Those are strong tags, but they are neccesary
As someone who runs a contest for new Steemians , I have recieved some complaints about how unfair the system is.
HF 19 (nicknamed Equality),may have brought increased voting power, but it is also brought about a sharp increase of self reward and greed.
I don't believe in Equality in this aspect, Equity is what we should strive towards, I have seen some blogs that the owners have not been active but they still earn more than those who post articles by just upvoting their comments.
This is very unhealthy for Steemit, and I believe that this is what has led to the increasing number of shit posts because people feel like cracking their head for quality posts will bring them no tangible returns.
I have seen where people upvote their comments without even upvoting the post.
Good insights. No one has the answer, but many think that removing the rewards on comments is a first and necessary step.
OK, I agree with this: "...that removing the rewards on comments is a first and necessary step."
Sock-puppet creation is too easy for this to be a viable total solution, but it sends a message to the copy-cats.
Indeed, if the only logical reason to self-upvote a comment is for promotion, then it logically should cost a bit to do so. This may not be visible in dollars bit can be adjusted in the Vests value.
Good point but you know that many people feel they have already purchased this right by buying STEEM and powering it up.
So, I can upvote my posts, of 3 paragraphs, and that's all just great?
This is so short sighted...