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RE: Small fish in the Steem sea

in #steem5 days ago

perhaps there were more authors willing to write with variety and creativity - because they didn't know where the steemcurator would come from.

Sometimes, I wish I were from your generation, but I wonder - was this place just as full of garbage back then?

Now, everybody knows where the steemcurator will be

I don't or maybe I just didn't care 1) because quality is subjective - what could be a quality post to me might come off as boring to others 2) Guaranteed money is boring - I want to play the hard version of Steem. Although the game is already lost but we'd rather look good losing.

Until then, we find joy in our own places. In our own circles.

And that’s exactly it - you created a space where people could genuinely connect and have fun. When you stopped, the sense of loss was universal - everyone felt the withdrawal(symptoms) immediately. Was it about money? Hardly. Money can buy many things, but this? This was priceless.

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I wonder - was this place just as full of garbage back then?

Yes. The trending page was probably even more full of shit than it is today.

There was also a huge amount of plagiarism when I signed up. Fairly early on, I wrote a post asking if plagiarism was ok because it was so ubiquitous. That’s definitely better now that AI is more prevalent 😆

Whilst there is any kind of auto voting, there will be garbage.

I think it’s important just to be curious. I remember trying to work out why upvu likes tanks so much. What made today’s tank any better than yesterday’s? Coins too. Upvu had very strange taste in my opinion. I understand now.

Behind the sc account, there’s a very likeable human being. They’re not always in control of the account but when the personality comes out, it’s so nice to see.it just doesn’t happen often enough in my opinion.

And that’s exactly it - you created a space where people could genuinely connect and have fun. When you stopped, the sense of loss was universal - everyone felt the withdrawal(symptoms) immediately. Was it about money? Hardly. Money can buy many things, but this? This was priceless.

Thanks 🤩

Whilst there is any kind of auto voting, there will be garbage.

Fact. For the money hungry, who cares if it's garbage, it's efficient and profitable. Rather than genuine social interaction, this system seeks to automate the process with a machine. I wouldn’t say auto upvoting is inherently bad - if someone needs a little artificial boost to get started, that’s their choice. I mean, if they want to begin as close to the finish line as possible, that’s not really my business - as long as the content is good.

No matter how good a system is, people always find ways to screw it. Just like in the real world, good and bad people coexist. While it might be convenient to eliminate the bad, it wouldn’t be as meaningful - after all, without the bad, how would you recognize the good (those who resist)?

I think it’s important just to be curious.

I do a bit of sleuthing now and then, but not too often - what I find usually ends up being more disappointing than interesting. I haven't gone that far yet as you can probably see I've just been baptized whatever the hell that means 😆 ... So I have just heard about this bidbot upvu and why steemit has become a pay to win system...

They’re not always in control of the account but when the personality comes out, it’s so nice to see.

I have nothing against them, I know a few who are nice and sensible. I just wish they would engage a little rather than just upvote.

I wouldn’t say auto upvoting is inherently bad - if someone needs a little artificial boost to get started, that’s their choice.

Oh, I mean all auto-voting. Not just the use of bidbots but curation trails and everything else. I've seen some extremely interesting authors who were so good when they signed up. Then they became moderator of a community and with that, some auto-votes from a curation trail. It went from extremely interesting to 3 or 4 photos of their food every day. Whilst this user wasn't buying votes, she'd sold her soul.


When we were in a curation team (steemcurator0x), I created @curator-helper which would scan for active posts with particular tags, sorted by my algorithm and that hadn't already been voted for by one of the steemcurator accounts. I don't run it very often but it's a good way to find new content that I might be interested in. I've just run it so take a look and see if there's anything you like 🙂


I have nothing against them, I know a few who are nice and sensible. I just wish they would engage a little rather than just upvote.

They do every now and again and it's so nice. But then it's as though somebody in Beijing saw what they were doing and makes them stop! And then just like that, they're gone again.

It went from extremely interesting to 3 or 4 photos of their food every day. Whilst this user wasn't buying votes, she'd sold her soul.

That's really unfortunate...

I've just run it so take a look and see if there's anything you like 🙂

I would - as long as there are no cricket-related posts 😄Joking, it seemed like a good filter and it listed a user I’m already keeping an eye on 👍

somebody in Beijing saw what they were doing and makes them stop!

Oh, now I understand. Hm...

Oh, good thinking with the #cricket tag - I don’t think I’ve added that one yet 😉

I make sure that I block a lot of accounts across everything that I do! I think the my interface blocks about 60% of content now. Which still isn’t enough 😆

60%! Damn, this place is so messed up 🤣

the #cricket tag - I don’t think I’ve added that one yet 😉

🤦‍♂️

I’ll have to run my code and find out. I filter out bot users, krsuccess, people I’ve blacklisted and some entire communities. I should probably filter out #thediarygame too.

I want to filter out my feed too, it's always flooded with resteemed posts (5-10) from a single user. It's really annoying😐

I should probably filter out #thediarygame too.

Good thinking 😉