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RE: Are we only here to feed the narcissists?

in #steemit8 years ago

I said it before and I'm gonna keep saying it until people get the message. Shit content is not being voted for because people like shit content. Shit content is being voted for because the INCENTIVE for voting is BROKEN. People are "sport voting", not voting out of sincerity. It's polarising. It causes a figure-of-8 feedback loop. Dollarvigilante could literally post a photo of his shit, and it would be upvoted to oblivion. The solution is also very simple. Voting for someone with a track record should reap less rewards than voting for someone unproven.

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It's not letting me vote for this twice. I think I should follow @condra.

I much prefer Steemit be a platform of a bunch of new fucking nobody's than a handful of people who have got rich off of false illusions (in the sense that certain things are made to appear easily obtainable if only do you XYZ like I did) and the gullible. Otherwise, this is going to turn into one big fucking sheep fest around here in my opinion.

Jeff Berwicks post had a really great quality... I enjoyed reading it... And I am one of the 0.18 cents earners... I think he deserves it for the article and double the amount for his immense help in opening the mind of a lot of people who think Steem is a scam.

Dollarvigilante could literally post a photo of his shit, and it would be upvoted to oblivion

I get what you're saying, but you can't honestly believe the line above. Surely you have more faith in the Steemit userbase?

Personally I'm certain that if Jeff, Stellabelle, Dan, Ned or anyone else posted a literal shitpost it would not be met with hundreds of upvotes. It may be upvoted by a few minnow Steemophants ... or scatophile's though. ;)

And again, I get the point you're making, but I disagree vehemently.

Hey tuck. Thanks for your comment. I phrased that sentence with a fairly firm tongue in my cheek, a bit of poetic license. My point is simply that people are voting for what they think will do well, rather than what they sincerely appreciate. I think the overall system is working quite well, but could do with some tweaking to discourage this sort of "sport voting."