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RE: Steemit's evolution: The path to Pokemon Go is through the iFart
I've been a bit surprised at the anger I've been seeing from some people at the supposed "unfairness" of what's going on here. They see an educational tech piece net a couple bucks while a splashy fluff piece makes thousands and they cry foul... forgetting that the barrier to entry if fucking ZERO and there's ZERO censorship. As you pointed out, most people don't know how any of this works and it's probably the chaos that's making them uncomfortable. One guy straight-up told me that when he goes on Steemit, he can't tell who's in charge and it scares him (!)... Even if I didn't make a dime, I'd still come here just to watch the fascinating social experiment unfold.
Maybe a mixture of feeling left behind, with the few chosen ones on the popular list just leaving a blazing trail, while oneself waits for a whale to upvote because any other upvote isn't worth a dime. As the article then moves closer to payout one feels left out, no matter how many votes. The contrast is just to big right now, as it doesn't matter how many votes one gets, but only which votes. Kind of a centralised power to me.
...and of course there is the usual "Im poor because you are rich" greed.
It will be interesting to see if this smooths out in the future. If more people actually go down and earn more by voting early, and if a dynamic sets in that leads to a better average $/vote ratio.
That's supposed to be the best strategy for a 'minnow', or someone with no voting power. The best way to use your vote is to look for stuff under 'new', and vote for what you think will be popular, and ideally, for what you think is good quality content. This is especially the way to go if you can't seem to get good rewards for your blog posts.
Bingo.
Also, when Adil's account was hacked, he had me post an article on his behalf and it has netted almost 7k so far... so it would appear that collaborating with more established writers could be quite useful. This happens all the time in the book publishing world.