I am still quite new to steemit, and one of the first people whose posts I bumped into when starting was of course the person in question. At first I was quite inspired, seeing that people can make a lot of money with such short posts - I felt like if this person can do it, I can do it too. However, as time passed I started wondering what it is about these posts that is actually that valuable - the posts themselves don't seem to be of great insight. Then the whale wars started and I realized that instead of giving his upvotes to others, he was mostly (only? I am not really sure of this) upvoting himself, creating this snowball effect that seems to be unstoppable once you get to the whale stage.
On one hand I respect anyone who has gotten so far with just bullshitting, and think that if people keep supporting this person, he sort of deserves it. On the other hand, because of the way power is distributed on steemit, this sort of behavior can be really bad for the platform as a whole, and especially to minnows that are just starting, as the rewards and steem power are so unevenly distributed - how can you grow bigger if the whales are only playing their own games while minnows supporting other minnows do not really have much opportunity as their upvotes only weigh so much?
That being said, I am incredibly grateful for this platform, and think that with a little bit of adjusting to the way it works, it could become even better. :)
Thank for the honest post, I like how you don't just look at things from one perspective but understand them from multiple viewpoints.