Look, our votes apparently become drained with very few upvotes now. We are using our votes but what good does it do to cast a vote when you have exhausted your voting power? May as well comment and leave it at that.

"by coveting your vote power -- you are telling the developers that you don't actually want that influence."

You do not understand. We ARE voting but we are choosing more carefully what we vote for. I myself favor content that is extensive and original. Gone are the days where people upvoted everything.

I myself posted a similar article like this yesterday. I was fortunate to have some people point out to me what I am telling you now. I was being naive in assuming I was posting content worthy of precious votes. In truth, I now feel I must step up my game to compete for these votes. In that regard I think what content that gets posted will improve.

I do not think it will kill Steem. It just may be the end of easy Steem. Maybe, just maybe people will actually write now instead of getting $30 for a meme.