Epic Reward Pool Rapist @Grumpycat Unveils Fascist Roadmap
The account @Grumpycat with sock account @checkthisout has been mercilessly raping the reward pool for thousands of dollars with the most flagrant content consisting mostly of comments saying only 'SBD correction'. He has also retaliated against anyone who dares to point it out or flag him.
Now @Grumpycat has made his first post and it's not to justify his own misdeeds it's about how he's had enough with people paying to have their posts promoted and eating into his profits.
Warning to vote buyer/sellers! - Introducing GrumpyCompliance, mandatory in 14 days. (No more post-promotion allowed past 3.5 days)
As an active user of these promotion bots this doesn't really change too much for me since I currently promote posts of all ages. This will just add another variable to the game and present higher risks. The rule itself doesn't worry me that much.
What worries me is that we have a new fascist in town that is pretending to be righteous.
This person actively retaliated against being flagged for abusing the reward pool and is now threatening flags for lesser deeds. We have a dangerous person with no integrity and an awful lot of stake now trying to make up rules and enforce them arbitrarily while also making far worse transgressions themselves.
Be careful in your support of this person they have shown they should not be trusted and do not have Steem's best interest in mind
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This post is @GrumpyCat compliant ;)
UPDATE: @Grumpycat has flagged this post and decided to do a little more raping by upvoting useless comments from @checkthisout.
What happened grumpy, you used to be cool, you've changed maan
I can't keep wasting my VP on flags if nobody else is willing to flag too.
100% flagged .. Don't nuke me bro
Hey ausit, why did you ignore the tag spam post right above you?
TBH I didn't notice the tag spam, I figured a long term user like contentjunkie would know better then that :(
Removed my vote (and sacrificed the curation rewards), not that it makes much difference at this point.
I got yer back. We gotta check and balance our home. Thanks for helping, @ausbitbank.
This is your response? Excuse me Mr. @grumpycat, new Steemian here. I just joined. Have been doing a lot of promoting for Steemit. I feel weird about promoting this site while you just sit there like an asshole clapping and giving no explanation. I guess rich people don't need to give an explanation.
Do you mind? No? Okay. I'm curious if you've provided this GIF because the accusations or whatever stated above are true? "Bravo you've figured me out!" Some say you're doing something good that I fail to fully see but you're also dumping a lot of Steem on bittrex. Not sure if this helps and this can't be a cashing out due to panic since you just powered up last month.
I agree with your voting bots issue. I really do. At least the ridiculous ones. I've gotten some help form minnowsupport that has made my stay so far very worthy for as little that I generated.
My problem is that what you're doing, combined with other... ridiculous payouts floating around, I am literally seeing my payout decline throughout the week as a result. Upvotes weren't taken away, earnings were, since you are sucking up all the rewards.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that your...efforts...whether valid or not, are literally affecting minnows.
This can't be something you desire, since you just dumped a fat stack of doe into this back in November.
So can you please stop clapping with that face and explain something? You are playing your part well but even I can see that you're not trying to destroy the platform a month after powering up.
I know I am treading on thin ice by responding to you. I have a feeling that I'm talking to a wall. Hello GrumpyWall
This. That also happens when people buy votes. They selfishly move however much of the reward pool towards their post, and everyone else here takes a hit.
The fluctuating value of Steem can also make our posts rise and drop in value.
Your comparison is faulty since the bots vote on a timer.
In your post you called someone a fascist. You did not agree with how they'd retaliate if someone spoke up. Understandable. I agree. Retaliation causes more harm than good.
You just flagged my account about 200 times. Your reason, in your words, was retaliation.
You also called me a hypocrite.
I offered a solution under the comment you left me on this post.
I look forward to handling this situation as professionals. It has been reported as abusive behavior. I believe both of us can come out of this on top.
The ball is in your court. Have a good day.
The SP is almost equal. You actually have slightly more but have used up more vote power.
"You also called me a hypocrite."
You came to my post and plastered it with comments insulting me. You self voted to ensure exposure. I responded to you but never flagged. I came to your post and left a comment that was upvoted to ensure visibility and you flagged it.
You feel it's okay to self vote comments for visibility in posts for yourself but not for others to do so on yours and that makes you a hypocrite.
If you want the flags removed simply remove yours.
Done deal!
yeah, exactly. I did not consider the upvote bots causing this also. When I watch a payout go from $0.48 to $0.39 it is the direct result of the rewards pool being abused by people like grumpy cat and those with upvote bots. Just earlier today I had a $20,000 account message me on steem.chat saying they'll give me a 60% upvote for 1 sbd. Doing some quick math I was not going to get any return on his upvote. I told him to go do his job and curate real content instead of scamming .
The price of steem was actually steady as I watched my rewards get lower. In fact, I am pretty sure that if payouts are listed in SBD and it shows I'm getting $1.00 , the price of SBD can go to the moon and the payout is still 1 sbd to split between author and curators. That is, unless someone starts abusing the rewards pool. In which case, I will be able to watch the payout dwindle.
You're not wrong. I'll definitely give you that.
This post is a perfect example of junk taking money out of the hands of these new folks who just want to enjoy the place. Some start gathering steam, they see $1 beside their post. It's exciting! Things are looking up! Then they watch it drop. Maybe I might not notice a post drop a few dimes. They certainly will. I know from experience as well. I was them once.
I could easily force my posts to the top, on a daily basis. Easily. I don't. It doesn't feel right. It feels dirty.
Have a nice day. Hopefully this cat doesn't flag you for speaking. Good luck to you.
That much voting power is just wow.. go on you deserve the reward for having this much voting power..
crazy cat man :D
crazy cat man :D fennaaa ..
I could stare at this gif for hours, it deserves every penny.
I know, it’s like the villain of a movie.
😂
hahahaha
10 out of 10!
Well, if we just stop feeding the whales with our SBD for votes maybe real authors will have a chance to earn something and make Steemit a real social media. All this unnecessarily drama is just harming the platform.How paying for votes is helping anyone, besides the few at the top?
All I see is how the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. Is this what Steemit is all about? Pointing fingers and raping the rewards?
Eh, at this point, they don't need me to throw them my lousy .02 votes. They can upvote their own posts a lot more efficiently than worrying about mine. It's those of us who actually have to court followers in a painful and time-consuming way who are suffering, I guess. Got to love capitalism.
Part of me has to wonder if some of the whales, who are legitimite multi-millionaires, just like fucking with everyone on Steemit. Like, they're already retired and a fun way to spend their free time is trolling everyone who's still trying to grind a few dollars out of it.
I have no way to answer that question. Still, they have to realize these games aren't helping anybody. They make the platform look bad and themselves look worse. I suggested it to some other people i know, but if the whole thing is just a cynical game, I might still try to play sometimes, but it's hard to suggest it to others.
I do know a very interesting AND unrelated post I voted upon and commented upon was downvoted to oblivion in this childish competition. The downvotes had NOTHING to do with the content. Here's the link: https://steemit.com/technology/@themarkymark/the-wadsworth-constant
Or, they could be trying to devalue steem so they can afford even more of it. It's all over YouTube as 2018 top pick.
Steemit? On youtube?
Top peak?
nice
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Here, we can stop paying taxes(metaphorically), and see positive change.
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That tag is extraordinarily relevant to this post. The post is about introducing the nefarious side of a large stake user who recently introduced themselves to the community with threats of flags. If it was in #IntroduceMyself that would be improper.
Hypocrisy!
Welcome to the steemit community
Hope you like the new platform
All the Best!
I feel like I shouldn't have to say this to someone with 70 rep, but the #introduceyourself tag? really?
I do love scrolling through the tag to meet new Steemians and instead having it be full of unrelated crap
It's actually better for new stemmians to see first minute where they intend to post.
Later we could throw it on them: "See? You have been warned".
Lol, you kiled it bro!
Wow im always learning here.