@jerrybanfield How do you feel about the fact people are upvoting whatever you post just for financial gain and don't really care about the contents of what you post? All they know is that post value will go up, so upvote asap and hope for a piece of the pie.
Do you believe the monetary value ascribed to this post (over $50) is representative for the value of the content in this post? Do you believe the Steemit platform will benefit from this kind of 'blind' upvoting? Do you think the long term future of Steem might be at stake if people will vote only financially instead of based on good content.
I'm just curious. Maybe you're okay with all of this, since your focus seems to be on 'making money online' and this seems to work out quite well for you so far. But really, it seems like you can just stop paying attention to the content.. People will upvote no matter what, your following-base is big enough.
It will be a few weeks/months before we will see the first circlejerk upvotes of people upvoting empty content of eachother, just for financial gain. Who needs quality content when it's the monetary value that matters...? Steem will be destroyed this way.
Thank you for sharing about this @pandorasbox because it helps us to look consciously at the points you shared and review them to ensure we are going forward with the best in mind. Setting an author on auto upvote requires a lot of trust and I feel a big responsibility to deliver because just one post that is awful is enough to lose a lot of support. I like being able to offer my upvote to an author not just based on my judgement but on them making the effort even if I do not agree or like the post. What I love about Steemit is that it makes transparent what is often hidden around us. For example, if it was obvious to everyone how much politics and media are a circle jerk most people would stop participating completely and/or make a more educated decision on what to support!
Jerry, I took up most of my day writing a well-reasoned response to some of the issues you responded to here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@lexiconical/devil-s-advocate-for-jerrybanfield-and-internet-marketers-a-malpractice-defense-of-rewards-do-no-harm-or-summon-the-pitchforks
@pandorasbox, I responded to some of your concerns in a lengthy post here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@lexiconical/devil-s-advocate-for-jerrybanfield-and-internet-marketers-a-malpractice-defense-of-rewards-do-no-harm-or-summon-the-pitchforks
Perhaps you'd have something to add to the discussion in the comments?