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RE: Pfunk's blog is an example of collusive whales.
Hm.. well, I found his photography pretty good.
So, how much of his reward is due to whales upvoting, and how much due to having over 1250 followers, thus the kind of exposure that gave that blog 292 views, and over 400 upvotes?
In almost all cases given the current stake distribution most of the reward is from whale votes, but that does not mean that having 1250 followers or posting good photography doesn't matter.
So is this a flaw in the system? Is Steemit sustainable long-term, without a more equalizing power and reward distribution? I assume the goal is for Steemit to grow and grow. For that goal to succeed I would imagine that there needs to be a way for the distribution of rewards to be more accessible for quality posts from people unseen by the whales.
Opinions differ.
I see that. and time will tell, and I'm sure those most passionate about the long-term growth and sustainability of Steemit will make changes as they become clearly needed.
which 400 votes is much more important than you think, Some posts get 300 upvotes and make under 10$ .... I dont care how hi def of a camera he owns aint worth 200$ for a blog of 9 photos.
Gotcha, ok. Well, if that's the case - if 400 votes of the minnows and dolphins don't add up to much, compared to a few whale votes, then I'd agree with you.
The whales that refrain from automatically upvoting other whales are definitely supporting Steemit as a community, and displaying good integrity and Steemit spirit!
Of course, ultimately it's a problem in the way Steemit finances are structured. Anyone should be able to upvote anyone, without it greatly affecting the bloggers who are low on the totem pole.
Papa-pepper has 72 reputation and over 1100 followers.
almost 300 votes on this post, and only $4 profit.
![](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://i.gyazo.com/437562ce2871b6ab45a5a4f73a2e665b.png)
![](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://i.gyazo.com/70ee301d00706c686d033896e9d1dd00.png)
Proof of followers:
Pfunk is definitely getting his wang worked on by other whales, and this is on a consistent basis, just go look at the upvotes on his posts, notice a trend in the top names? I don't know if there is, but I can almost bet there is the same people upvoting pfunk's posts.
I do pretty good myself, and I love steemit, but, I mean, honestly, I don't care, just pointing out that the power houses of this platform plan on keeping themselves in power.
EDIT: I was curious so I went and looked and I was right almost every post with a payout of over $200 is upvoted by the same whales, and these same whales, are the same whales that downvote A LOT OF MINNOWS posts for unknown reasons.
Yes and for exposing the truth on this post another whale with 2 million SP named @smooth flags me. Steemit is doomed unless we neuter these clowns
I'm new, So what you guys are suggesting is that by having so much steam, and up voting they have way more influence and can lift certain accounts? for example this Pfunk account?