I have recent became a member of the Steemit clan & as with all new platforms/systems, it take some getting used too.
There is a lot of advice, tutorials & video's about Steemit, which talks about building a network of followers, write good content and create a personal.
Comments on posts and engagement in eminence is also a hightly encouraged and debated subject in many posts.
In summary, the above, the essence of what social media platforms are 100% about.
I tried this upvoting thing on one of my posts, Naked & Afraid - What's is your profile.
So as a result of me trying these bot systems, I received over 200 upvotes on a post, awesome! For which I am very thankful.
But ... there is something missing.
In my post, mentioned how important it was to have a Profile Cover Image.
I was curious to check out some of the profile accounts. I was utterly shocked, over 80% of those profiles DON'T have a Profile Cover Image, very few have a Prifle Picture and most have the bear minium Profile information completed.
These are the user profiles on Steemit that is upvoting my post. You notice a trend!
The impression I get is that these bot upvoting systems are not even reading the post ... they bots! Just an auto-upvote, Yippie I upvoted the post!
Why am I putting effort in to drafting and authoring an orginal article and I would like to share, empower and distribute to social media, when a bot comes along and screews things up!
I don't think so. As a Plankton, that is exactly what is meant, drifting in the blockchain ocean and hoping someone bigger will swallow you up. It is the Whales and founders of Steemit that carry all the power, leaving the minions at the bottom to fight it out.
For now things are not added up to me. I feeling like my grade 12 algebra is somehow outdated, then in addition to thr integration of blocks & chains, it feels like bondage, not social media!
