Amen. I echo your sentiments. I've even been guilted into not self voting some of my posts. I also get frustrated when I've spent thousands of dollars on a drone, spent time traveling locally or further, then time to take video, hours editing and doing post production to produce something I consider maybe not hollywood, but at least presentable only to see it make a few dollars or even less in upvotes while what seems to me garbage posts of a simple food shot or other half-focused photo shot in a public selfie get double digits or higher. I don't yet understand how that can happen.

On a separate note, please don't stop posting the quality photos. You have a great talent and I still have hope that the Hive system will eventually work as intended, which is to promote quality work and curation and disapprove or remove garbage and spam. There are so many disrespectful people trying to game the system it may take a bit longer to clear them out. In the meantime, the folks doing the right thing and posting good content must continue for the platform to survive.

Keep on keeping on until the lamers gaming the system give in and leave. We need to have each others back to overcome.

Why shouldn't we be able to vote our own posts if we like them. Why is our opinion of ourselves valued less than others that don't know us?

You have great talent. Keep posting and Fuck the lamers.

@ksteem