Great research... let me fill you in on a few of the facts.
I used to have a very modest automated following based on reputation I built (over two months) that would pull my post out of the pile.
It has been getting increasingly insane... to the point that by my observations it seems like there are around 70 bots chasing anything I put up... this is a recent development probably prompted by earnings figures put up recently.
That's when the spike seems to have really happened.
Even before this I noted this disparity and that's why I started featuring authors. To start a new form of curation... bot love curation
https://steemit.com/sharing/@gavvet/spreading-the-bot-love-experiment-results
I will be posting very little of my own content from now and mostly featuring authors... I am also entering into negotiations with bot owners to diversify their following...
What % of SD do you give your guest authors?
all SD goes to the authors
Ah that's the way to do it!
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. I assumed gavvet had 50%, so that's on me. Truly sorry for the inconvenience.
Just upvoted to get it to the top of the comments where it will be seen
Thank you @gavvet, I appreciate your comment. Thanks for dropping by!
Just to make it clear once and for all, as it appears that someone actually believed I was talking negative about you. -I would never do something like that.
I think you're a great author and you contribute a lot to the community. The fact that you feature other authors are an amazing idea and I love that kind of contribution. I really do.
The only reason I choose to use you as an example in this thread is just because I stumbled upon these upvotes and that made me curious. I had to find out if I we're on to something or not.. And, you know the rest.
I have NOTHING against you or any of the other people that upvotes your content. You deserve it. You're a great guy. What this is about, is just the 4 upvotes you got, on 4 different topics, during 24 hours.
That being said, I do understand that things could happen. Anything can happen.. But I still believe it's a bit too much when so many other authors content ends up in nothing due to all the new posts being made.
It gets more insane, check out some of the bots that follow my upvote on the first comment above
Yeah I saw that. Just imagine what would happen if these bots had whale/dolphin powers.. That would be crazy.
Are they doing that on all of your upvotes?
Meanwhile I only get followed by the annoying bots! :P
But I also like your original content and encourage you to continue! I wish you luck as you try to establish your new forms of curation.I'm only teasing... I liked this post by @hitmeasap , it was enlightening to a naive little me to learn about the power dynamics at play.
Thank you very much @reneenouveau, I appreciate your kind words :)