RE: Trying out vote-bying
Vote buying won't help Katharsisdrill survive on Steemit because ultimately, such action undermines the very community he depends on for his survival; this is generally why morals exist in the first place. "Erst kommt das Fressen, und dann kommt die Moral" is quite short-sighted; often, without morals, the food will stop coming, as we all depend on groups.
Anyway, only a few win in the current game, the rest gets peanuts; vote buying only accelerates this; might as well do the right thing.
But all that is a bit to deep and heavy; it's only Steemit, after all 8-).
I don't judge Katharsisdrill for buying votes, not because I have ever been afraid of throwing the first stone as hard as I can (not that I am without sin, but nothing ever changes for the better without judgements), but because I am beyond caring about such things on Steemit. Steemit isn't about content, but about making money with money, so he should do as he sees fit, and he will.
True, it would be a shame if he stopped posting on Steemit, but I doubt his buying votes will be of any help with that, and as long as he survives financially, and I can see his drawings somewhere else, I would be fine with his leaving Steemit too.
I didn't propose vote buying as a good thing in general, but for people, that are good for the community, create quality content (that is undervalued) and don't overdo it.
That won't hurt the system imho, what destroys it, are whales, that only upvote their own shit-posts, don't curate and don't help minnows.
I'm really not sure about if judging is the root of all evil in first place. I try to avoid judging others as much as I can. Isn't that the whole point of a liberal, free speech network? Instead of trusting other's, I try to develop and adjust my own moral.
If it wasn't about content and the people, that create it, I certainly would have gone already. Meeting @katharsisdrill and being at Steemfest prooves, that Steemit has powers beyond "making money".
I doubt not doing so, will be of any help for anybody
This would be a great loss for me personally and for the Steem blockchain in general. So at least, he shouldn't be judged for trying out ways of optimizing his rewards. I won't.
I'll stick around :)
Great :-)
Steemit is only a faucet. Not much moral attached.
But I am an art faucet, and my art can be found here, even when crypto is created by national states:
https://www.datataffel.dk/u/katharsisdrill
No wonder your daughter is in a warlike mood.
She has her reasons I presume.