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RE: Steemit: @abit vs @snowflake - 180k Steem Power battle!
Thanks for sharing. I just read snowflake's article and I can't say that I'm surprised. - I've always felt that something "weird" is going on ever since we got 57 new bots per day.
These bots are like personal ATM's... I know whales have insane powers and tons of money, but to see it like this... And to know what snowflake wrote...
Makes me wonder why I've spent 10 hours per day on Steemit. No wonder people have been discouraged and started to post poor-quality articles instead of spending 2-3 hours on their content before they publish it.
This took me 2-3 hours :)
I just hope my numbers are right... should be a step in the right direction if so!
Yeah, I can understand that this must have taken you some time. And I'm glad you did decide to share it with us. What I meant was more the "average user" so to speak. We still have tons of good articles and great authors sharing things each day. But we also have an increased amount of minnows who're feeling despair.
Now, would the despair be reduced if this minnow could:
A) use a bid-bot with 'a bigger belly'
B) receive a 20% vote of encouragement from a whale
In all honesty, I personally like the bidding bots. Especially as they clearly help both myself and many others to increase their earnings and boost their presence to some extent. - However, no matter how much I like these bots, I would definitely prefer to see more engagement from the whales.
As it was during the "gold rush" or in the early days of Steemit. Whales and dolphins where very active and pushed that "upvote" button multiple times per day during those days... And that's when I personally had the biggest impact too. I was incredible excited, I earned hundreds of dollars and I was part of something amazing, new, cool and innovative.
Nowadays, I know from the minute I start to write a new post that I most likely will not earn more than a few bucks at the most. That super-exciting feeling I had in the early days has become very limited and I know that I have to invest in these bots to make something decent from my articles.
That being said, during the time Steemit has changed, I've changed too. My own approach has been different. I have become a huge fan of Steemit itself and I am active due to other reasons than the money. Many newcomers though, are still becoming members on Steemit with this "get rich quick"-type of mindset. And these people have that mindset mostly due to all the false advertising.
You won't become rich on Steemit. You can earn something but you'll probably earn a couple of bucks extra per month rather than earning thousands of dollars. - So, when all the new people realize this, they're filled with hatred, anger and despair... - And they will ultimately leave Steemit because of that.
That's what I believe... And that saddens me.
Yes I use the bots and am not against them - they are here for all to use.
I see bellyrub lost 2 mill delegation - proof they can get too big for whales to like (see @lexiconical's) huge blog for downvotes following his epic sends to bots)
I am a late adapter to steemit and have mostly been using bots, but recently the ROIs have been dropping rapidly. No more 50% ROI from minnowbooster. @hitmeasap is right that many noobs like myself wish to earn a ton very quickly and now finding it is not the case.
But I think in realistic terms and believe I should earn what I put in. So steemit is working fine as a whole, it just has loopholes that may likely get resolved in the long run. No system is perfect. Those bots are good for specific proposes and as steemit accounts grows so will other opportunities to earn more. More people on steemit give us better chances of earning votes.
Wow! This just encouraged me. I'll put in more hours