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RE: I don't agree with this: Up-voting yourself as a method of compound interest
Many people have invested quite a bit into this platform and they are free to do with it as they like. Trying to shame people into changing behavior is not very effective. Behavior needs to be influenced with the code and if those that made the code felt it was a problem they would change it. The key for steemit to grow will be getting non-crypto people involved so we can get away from being a niche crypto-related blog site.
I think you are missing my point slightly, or maybe I didn't explain in my post clearly enough.
I'm talking about the promotion of steemit as a compound interest generator. Promotion of this by members who have invested nothing or 000s is not good for the platform.
Upvoting yourself and the occasional comment I am not arguing against.
Got ya, well Steemit needs to move away from those types of posts on the trending pages before it can be promoted as something else. Just look at the people who are pushing this agenda by upvoting those type of posts with the most influence and you will find the source of the problem. Right now a new user who looks at the trending page will think this is a site about money (cryptocurrency) and topics about Steemit with a mix of posts from the same pretty girl that all the nerds go crazy for that likes to travel and eat tasty food. So until Steemit can become more than a niche site about money and living decadently we will be plagued with the get rich quick people. If we promote content that appeals to a wider user base we will attract more people. Just look at other social media sites trending pages and it will give you an idea of what that broader market is.
You make good sense dude. If it's trending it's trending, I'm not sure that can ever be fixed. Eithical behaviour could be pushed though, by the people or by bots. I guess we'll have to see what comes in the next hard forks...