💙😱 What Has Happened To My Beloved Steemit !?💙😱steemCreated with Sketch.

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😕 I have been here for over a year since July /13 / 2016 , I have 1777 followers with a 69 reputation ! And yet im lucky to get 20 or 50 upvotes and most make under a dollar , very lucky to make $15.00 ! forcing us to use , minnowbooster / booster / randowhale etc. Just to make a few dollars on our post , or try to keep it higher on the page before its quickly buried within 30 minutes to an hour , because nobody is up voting anymore ! Also we are having to upvote our own comments occasionally, because every cent we can make these days on here counts !!

🚀We are being forced to pay money , to boost our posts !!🚀

😕💙 What has happened to my beloved Steemit !? Where are all the veterans , I don't see them anymore !? And whales ! Where are they , deep sea diving !? Has everyone given up voting since the new voting power rules of the hard fork , only 10 / 100% upvotes per day !?

😕💙 Its a little depressing to see this happening on Steemit , and becoming unenjoyable . I used to love coming on Steemit ! I still do , to at least communicate with some fellow steemian's and perhaps enter some contests ( another way to possibly make money and meet like minded people ! ) but its just not as much fun as it used to be ...


🚀 So unless you have a ton of prominent bots up voting all your posts and comments , or you have already established some whales or big dolphins to upvote you , like a lot of those that are constantly trending and making hundreds of dollars do on every post ! ( I Wish ) along with some guilds or minnow support groups , you can forget about making any money / trending / gaining more followers and meeting new people to follow because your post will die within 30 minutes unless you show yourself some love , and you have a lot of money to boost your own posts all the time because no one else will !!! GOOD LUCK MY FELLOW STEEMIANS Im just saying it like I see it !! STEEM ON !🚀


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Imagine me , a 51, trying to get noticed..most of my post never gets over 10 cents . I don t like to beg for followers ,nor i want to beg for upvotes . .When you see some stolen memes geting over 50$ ,it makes me sad..i see allot of great content beeing buried because he doesn´t have a whale friend to raise the post..

Followed little Goldfish.

Keep on steeming goldfish! 😉

Great post @karenmckersie. I been on here since May of 2017 and I'm curious if there is a downtrend in participation during the summer months?

Yes I agree , summer has some to do with it as well ! But its a small factor compared to all the other crap that's going on ! Thanks for your kind reply ,best of luck to you !👍👍👍

That is my thought process too. Especially since a lot of people on here are parents. Patterns, time and life changes during the summer. I think that, plus the general downtrend have caused some of the drop off. I do think the voting limitations are also a key part.

By the way, what's up @neakgeekz? Hope all is well.

Yes I for one am not spending as much time on here because of other commitments.

Im good @walkingkeys, I been having a blast this summer with the fam.

Love your little video clip ! Thanks for sharing , looks like your having a great time!👍👍👍

Thank you created it with Giphy gif creator.

oh cool ! Good to know thanks !! 👍👍👍

Despite the leveling of the field by HF19 minnows like us still have a hard time. I posted as soon as the HF19 was initialed and noticed that those who had an established following got even bigger rewards for their post because the minnow followers still voted and thus gave greater rewards. I admit that I also reduce my voting power to ensure that I can curate as many post that I can.

Yes for sure ! Thanks for your kind reply ! Its becoming problematic to say the least ! Im worried the bots are beginning to take over as well ! Best of luck to you ! Steem On !🚀🚀🚀👍

Where there is money to be made bots will also be there to help make it!

That is a fact my friend !👍👍👍

You got my 100% upvote @karenmckersie just for writing this post 😁 and yes it's true .. at this point of time 121 votes on this post alone with a $20.64 payout is considered very low compared to before HF19. However thinking long run, we do have a lot of minnows who just onboarded steemit and they will gradually become dolphins and then whales. Soon it will come back to the pre HF19 again and the votes value will increase even more then before. That's just my opinion . Still a fan of yours .. cheers @bitrocker2020

Yes for sure ! But we still need to get rid of all these dam Bad bots , some are good ! They will take over steemit if we let them !! Thanks for your up vote , and this is the most I have made on here in a long time ! They are very sporafic , most make under 5.00 dollars and I have to work my ass off promoting them in steem chat every 2 hours , plus use boosters just to make 5.00 dollars , so its a welcome change for once ! Thank for your great reply , and best of luck to you !👍👍👍👍

Have the same pity here:( I still vote for all my friends who I met when steemit just began, and the content I like, but it became for me damn hard to receive some nice reward myself. And it's especially pity cause I really put a lot of effort and create original content:(

I totally agree with you ! All my stuff is original as well except the gif s LOL in this post ! But all our efforts are going unnoticed after all the work we put into building up this platform from the start ! Its very disappointing ! Good luck to you ! 🚀🚀🚀👍👍👍

So true:(
Good luck to you too, I hope things will change soon. After all it seems just a bit unfair

It will need to ! Nobody is up voting anymore , and everyone is getting discouraged , its sad really ! Thanks for your kind reply back , good night !😴😴😴👍

I'm still here (wave)

Yippee !!! Long time no see !!! It seems all the veterans have disappeared !! Never stop steem ingredients on , and best of luck to you !!👌✌👍

While i agree with some points i believe it is also a function of time to some degree especially as saturation continues to hit steemit. The amount of original content really does make this a fantastic platform but i totally understand where you are coming from -- But I am very happy to have met you and some of the fine folks from general chat who's content i enjoy!

Thanks for your great comment ! To bad its getting harder and harder to find great content though and even the veterans I used to follow ! Hope its fixed soon , good luck !👍👍👍

Well I invite you to come and check out what we are all about in #YUNK community. Good people, good vibes, great fun!

Hi @karenmckerie
When I read your post I was surprised to learn that someone with your following and reputation wasn't earning more!
I think the growth of Steemit quickly sends new posts further down the feed.
I have been missing quiet a few of my favorite posters because of it. So unless someone purposely goes to their page, they may get missed.
Personally, I would like Steemit to have a favorites list, or save list to easily find content. For example it took me a while to re-find a recipe posted last month.
Let us hope the growth of Steemit initiates favourable changes so it remains enjoyable for everyone.

Dont forget your browser bookmarks! Doh ;)

Thanks for your awesome reply ! I really hope so too ! So many people are upset about this , that surely they will have to do another hard fork to correct it ! Or else steemit will be taken over by bots , then it will be bye bye steemit !!! Have a great Sunday ! Good night !🚀👍😴😴😴

Hi @susieisms! I came across this recently. I've installed it and it's working very well for me. It comes with a tab for favourite authors, a tab for favourite categories and much more... It's by @steemchiller. Check it out here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemchiller/new-version-of-the-sct-for-steemit-released

Nice! I will look into using it!

That's a good idea. I'm a web developer and interested in playing around with making a Steem app. How about a favorites for posters to always see their latest posts along with a place to view favorite posts?

Hi @yefeth take a look at the link that @sandzat just sent me. It has an app like you mentioned.

@susieisms, it is very simple. When ever I like a blog that I want to revisit later, I just comment on that blog something like "cool. Interesting stuff" or similar.
The idea is once you comment, that blog is in your comments section. You can always check your comments and get back to that favorite blog that you wanted to visit later.
So you convert your comments section into your favorite list section. Simple. I have been doing this since some time. It works for me. 😊

Hi @topdog thanks. I have done that too, but sometimes it can take a lot of scrolling to find your comment. LOL
I also take a screenshot of some posts.
I really appreciate your helpfulness.

I hear ya Karen! Since HF 19 the whole community has changed. I had to pause my voting bot the other day because my voting power was never recovering above 33%. Two more days and I can turn it back on. If I had a time machine I would transport to the days before HF 19. Resteemed

Oh definitely. We worked our butts off and wrote a thousand posts to reach this reputation. WE still posts the same quality posts we used to post. It is really sad indeed because that tight community is gone. I only switched on my steemvoter again yesterday but I have chosen wayyyyy less people to support. Honestly it is really sad that things are turning out this way. Let us hope that they will realise that this curve is not working and that you actually have to work to earn money...

Exactly ! I totally agree my friend ! Its very sad indeed , and we need another hard fork to fix some of these issues before everyone leaves , too many people are only making pennies a post , including veterans !! Best of luck to you my friend !👍👍👍

Thanks so much for your kind reply ! I also wish we could magically go back in time !! Hopefully they have another hard fork soon and fix some of these issues ! Best of luck to you my friend 👍👍👍👍

The problem with Steemit lately is that there are not enough posts that include... BACON!

Bwahahhaa ! You are soon right my friend ! Love your happily strolling along piece of bacon !! Thanks ! 👍👍👍😂😂😂
A new hard FORK might be needed ! LOL! 😂😂😂

Haha, a new hard fork could be the key to making a differnece :)

Yes ! I think its the only way to turn things around !👍👍👍

Only time will tell !!

Exactly!!

Haha ! That poor guy is going no where fast like we are here on Steemit !! LOL! Around and Around in circles !! 😂😂😂🕛🕛🕛⏰

This is how I feel when im blogging on Steemit now !!! 😂🕛👍

Love it! haha :) Anybody want some Whale bacon?
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