Can you define theft as you see it? In many cases, promoting someone's content gives it (and the author) recognition which otherwise wouldn't exist. On Steemit, if someone votes for one thing, it doesn't "steal" value from something else.
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@lukestokes I have been thinking hard about, and reading anarchy philosophy and to be totally honest I am changing my viewpoint on my previous comment. This is because I can't fit my original argument into my definition of theft because linking someones content does not steal it from them.
From the view of these promotion posts contributing to the growth of steemit I can appreciate that and I suspect that's why they receive whale votes. I just can't reach that point yet where I can totally support them though purely because if you go back and look at every promoted author (the ones in the daily gem picks where profits don't go to the promoted author) the vast majority of them are not getting barely any upvotes or money for their work compared to the daily picks author.
If I were to be promoting authors, I would like to think that my focus would be on bettering my ability to help them over time. This does appear to be happening now in the featured authors posts though which I am totally for.
I hope that helps
RESPECT! Thank you for saying that, @skum. Too many people today are too insecure to reconsider their views in even the smallest ways. Intelligent, secure people do it often because they understand the only way to gain new knowledge is to not be 100% right in the first place. Bravo!
I see what you mean about the promotional posts. I think there are a lot of popular bloggers who are on automated bot lists. That means they've put out so much consistently good material, they get voted up automatically. If they use that influence to promote other authors, I think that's fantastic! I'd also like to see each of those authors get rewarded with new followers and more votes themselves. I'd like to think this happens, even if the post being promoted has already paid out. Future posts may be seen by more followers, but even having more followers (especially if they are minnows) will not equal future high payouts.
Thanks again for providing clarification and for being open to new ideas.