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RE: Some Man Tears a Few Beers and Three Years: I Did It My Way
Happy STEEM birthday! For as much complaining I see from those that formerly took the easy road of milking rewards, I'm seeing lots of little #newsteem blogs coming on board and doing great. If a lot of these complainers just got with the program and got their head out of their ass and put in some work, there's nothing stopping them. But shortcutters are going to shortcut. Why would you pay someone that has nothing to offer?
The only thing preventing someone from getting somewhere is themselves. It'll take time to get the ball rolling but for many, that's time well spent. We're all business partners in a sense and it seems most want others to do well now. I'm impressed with how things are taking shape, I acknowledge the fact there's still room for improvement as well. I really don't want to see top notch performers getting left out in the cold.
I've been experimenting with curation lately. If you look at steemworld incoming curation rewards, you'll see how the biggest rewards are coming from votes I placed long after the five minute mark. That's a good sign. It means the work has longer lifespan than some had expected. There's a myth circulating that only those known to be popular will get the votes but my findings prove otherwise. That quality part is important and people are looking, voting, and being rewarded for voting whenever. I think that will improve over time as well.
I'm noticing a few folks receiving votes from accounts one typically has to pay for, for free. I see some of these names on my posts. Are the bots curating more often than selling now?
It's getting tricky, some are now 100% manual curation, and some are using their spare votes to curate. It's hard to tell which is which unless you look the the author's wallet.
Smartsteem and OCDB are now 100% manual.
That's why I started writing "no paid vote additives" at the end of each post. I just want the consumer to know I'm not purchasing votes. If they don't believe me, the blockchain doesn't lie, so they can look there for proof. It should be the other way around. Those purchasing votes should be declaring the fact their post is a paid promotion.
I think in some cases they are trying to muddy the waters by giving huge upvotes to anti bid bot people. Exhibit A, this blog. I think it's a round about way of trying to bribe you into silence.
Do you think I'm being trolled by a bidbot? I just noticed what happened there. Kinda funny.
Can't say for sure, but it's been happening. I didn't see any wallet memos where someone paid for that bid.