I'm new here and it's been pretty daunting to get caught up and acclimated with how Steemit works, and to be honest, seeing some of the shenanigans going on has been a little discouraging. However, its also very ENCOURAGING to see people like you trying to make it better and remedy these issues. I already voted for you as a witness. Keep up the good work amigo.
I am not reading the comments. I have been sucked in to too many of these ridiculous back and forths and will not continue. I do want to say my piece.
@themarkymark cares for Steemit more than most. I only know him from his posts and from following this... "the conflict sent to destroy Steemit." Do not kid yourself... the token has hit all-time highs... but if this 'problem' is not solved... there are new lows to set as well (and I remember reading it was down at 7 cents for a time).
@themarkymark spent his new years eve trying to resolve this issue. He stuck his neck out knowing the consequences and did it anyway. He is still sticking his neck out... and the rewards may look good now, but could just as easily go down to zero before all is said and done.
This man is one who is not willing to let a place he loves die without at least a fight... and that is one of the reasons why he has my vote for witness.
The way I see it... @haejin and his followers are taking this conflict too personally and as such, seem to justify backlash. I do not agree with all of the tactics he has had to endure during this time... and for that I am sorry... I follow his work, and enjoy it. His work is good for the platform... Do I think he deserves to be paid $15000 / day? No. There are many people that do very well on a daily basis... and he very likely could sink down to the lowly levels of some of the mega whales who still post daily, and make $400 (according to the ticker).
The downvotes are not meant to hate or disrespect what he brings to the platform... he brings value to the platform... the downvotes (and upvotes for that matter) are merely meant to bring justice to the imperfect means of distributing rewards. There are many who are watching and sitting idly by hoping that steem doesn't go down the shitter... sitting idly by will send steem down the shitter.
I gave this post my 100% upvote... it might be up to 20 cents now! I gave this post and @themarkymark my support not because I dislike @haejin but because I love steemit and I want to see it flourish.
One day I hope to upvote one of @haejin's pieces... but as it stands I feel like he is getting more than enough. That means I hope that eventually everyone will see the light... this is NOT PERSONAL... this is about STEEMIT and keeping it a great place to write, read and hang out.
Thank you @themarkymark. You have my vote for witness... and if you become invisible on here... I will do what I can to help bring you back with my limited steempower and hopefully well thought out and presented perspective.
I upvoted this comment for visibility (and to cash in heavy because it seems to be all the rage right now).
There is a way to stop abuse if you understand that there is a fixed pool of money generated every day. You stop voting for the posts that are draining the pot, and you start voting for other posts.
The second part is the most important - the more people vote for other stuff, the smaller haejin's share will be. Sadly people stopped voting when teh changes to the curation algorithm were introduced.
Well I think the main post, and the main idea presented in the comments negates this.
If you have the constant backing of just 1 whale, it doesn't matter if the community doesn't upvote his post.
It wouldn't matter if the community votes on other post, because a botnet, and fake accounts spamming one person will always win (especially with whales downvoted other post).
Blockchain technology is designed to be decentralized. There's no-one in charge of Steemit just like no one is in charge of any peer-to-peer network. Look it up. It's revolutionary.
Even if the site had support team, they could'nt possibly remove downvotes. Action of flagging / downvoting however morally right/wrong is a part of steem blockchain's protocol.
I'm super confused. I don't understand what this is. Why is this post here? What is it? How is this helpful content. Can someone please help me understand what this is? I'm new to all this.. it seems like a dictatorship??
These are the people who are victim of this cult.
@littleboy
@justinsashby
@themarkymark
@biasnarrative
@tuck-fheman
@bloom
@marketingmonk
@geekgirl
And more.
woooow interesting ! bdst regards steemers
So @berniesanders had it coming to him?
More to come!
looking forward to that!
Give Peace (and @steemsilvergold) A Chance!
https://steemit.com/haejin/@sirstacksalot/whale-wars-give-peace-and-steemsilvergold-a-chance
Have a good daY^^
I'm new here and it's been pretty daunting to get caught up and acclimated with how Steemit works, and to be honest, seeing some of the shenanigans going on has been a little discouraging. However, its also very ENCOURAGING to see people like you trying to make it better and remedy these issues. I already voted for you as a witness. Keep up the good work amigo.
There is always some drama going on, such as life. There is a lot of good here though if you can ignore the noise.
I am not reading the comments. I have been sucked in to too many of these ridiculous back and forths and will not continue. I do want to say my piece.
@themarkymark cares for Steemit more than most. I only know him from his posts and from following this... "the conflict sent to destroy Steemit." Do not kid yourself... the token has hit all-time highs... but if this 'problem' is not solved... there are new lows to set as well (and I remember reading it was down at 7 cents for a time).
@themarkymark spent his new years eve trying to resolve this issue. He stuck his neck out knowing the consequences and did it anyway. He is still sticking his neck out... and the rewards may look good now, but could just as easily go down to zero before all is said and done.
This man is one who is not willing to let a place he loves die without at least a fight... and that is one of the reasons why he has my vote for witness.
The way I see it... @haejin and his followers are taking this conflict too personally and as such, seem to justify backlash. I do not agree with all of the tactics he has had to endure during this time... and for that I am sorry... I follow his work, and enjoy it. His work is good for the platform... Do I think he deserves to be paid $15000 / day? No. There are many people that do very well on a daily basis... and he very likely could sink down to the lowly levels of some of the mega whales who still post daily, and make $400 (according to the ticker).
The downvotes are not meant to hate or disrespect what he brings to the platform... he brings value to the platform... the downvotes (and upvotes for that matter) are merely meant to bring justice to the imperfect means of distributing rewards. There are many who are watching and sitting idly by hoping that steem doesn't go down the shitter... sitting idly by will send steem down the shitter.
I gave this post my 100% upvote... it might be up to 20 cents now! I gave this post and @themarkymark my support not because I dislike @haejin but because I love steemit and I want to see it flourish.
One day I hope to upvote one of @haejin's pieces... but as it stands I feel like he is getting more than enough. That means I hope that eventually everyone will see the light... this is NOT PERSONAL... this is about STEEMIT and keeping it a great place to write, read and hang out.
Thank you @themarkymark. You have my vote for witness... and if you become invisible on here... I will do what I can to help bring you back with my limited steempower and hopefully well thought out and presented perspective.
I upvoted this comment for visibility (and to cash in heavy because it seems to be all the rage right now).
Good to know
I don't get it. Witnesses are incharge of these kind pf problems? No support team of the site itself? Can someone explain that to me?
This site is meant to be self-policing.
There is a way to stop abuse if you understand that there is a fixed pool of money generated every day. You stop voting for the posts that are draining the pot, and you start voting for other posts.
The second part is the most important - the more people vote for other stuff, the smaller haejin's share will be. Sadly people stopped voting when teh changes to the curation algorithm were introduced.
I follow you plz follow me also,
Thank you so much
Well I think the main post, and the main idea presented in the comments negates this.
If you have the constant backing of just 1 whale, it doesn't matter if the community doesn't upvote his post.
It wouldn't matter if the community votes on other post, because a botnet, and fake accounts spamming one person will always win (especially with whales downvoted other post).
Blockchain technology is designed to be decentralized. There's no-one in charge of Steemit just like no one is in charge of any peer-to-peer network. Look it up. It's revolutionary.
Even if the site had support team, they could'nt possibly remove downvotes. Action of flagging / downvoting however morally right/wrong is a part of steem blockchain's protocol.
We've just received reports of New Steem city being attacked by swarms of killer bees...
The saga continues, Wu Tang, Wu Tang.
That first verse in triumph by inspectah deck is my fav Wu verse ever! Nice link drop @drakos
Dear Friend
Like getting a good
video watching of beauty
I follow you plz follow me also,
Thank you so much
Dear friend
Like getting a good graphics
I announced you
you are a The world famous grapher
Ha, awesome song. I was listening to this just the other day! And it does seem appropriate for this shit going down!
I follow you plz follow me also,
Thank you so much
Killa bees on the swarm!
I'm super confused. I don't understand what this is. Why is this post here? What is it? How is this helpful content. Can someone please help me understand what this is? I'm new to all this.. it seems like a dictatorship??
It's satire related to the on-going drama.