This post is a Public Notice to the founders of Steemit, and all you whales out there.
Attention:
@ned
@dan
@donkeypong
@cryptoctopus
@stellabelle
@steemship
and the rest.
As a new poster, It is with a certain measure of "facepalming" and commitment, that I write to you now.
At the acceptable risk of committing steemit "hari kari" i hereby fasten my resolve and say unto you in the following:
Are you aware of the cancer that is slowly eating away and rotting the core vision of steemit?
Meaningless Fluff Posts, Cute Puppy & Kitty Pictures, Pictures of Food, and worse; those responsible for upvoting this type of erroneous content devoid of any real substance. Shame on you. (you know who you are whale and profiteering minnow alike)
Really? A post on 7 different types of coffee makers is pushing 4K? What about the guy taking funny pictures of animals who is up 3K?
Oh not enough?
What about the post solely concerning "Farts" that is past 2K. That do it for ya? Can you smell what is in the air?
What am i suggesting? HONOR LADIES & GENTLEMEN.
RETURN STEEMIT TO HONOR.
Reconsider your upvoting procedures, rewards, inter alia. Or perhaps special power-ups for verified quality people.
And consider personally FOLLOWING Quality people, making your time specifically about using your SteemPower to Responsibly Curate. (Ahem, cough cough hint hint, like for me).
Steemit is a garden that must be tended, so we implore you: stop letting it rot or nobody will eat for the winter.
This whole adventure was supposedly premised on the grounds of: Rewarding Responsible Curation and Posting of Original Content No?
Unfortunately, it is Morphing into the baseless and time-wasting realm of Facebook as i write.
The additional task at hand presently then, is for you as founders, and the other whales; to be more selective with your upvotes, and find a way to re-structure the balance of power.
^ The true apple of steemit's eye, in full original color.^
Greed is a powerful force friends.
As to the rest of you here on steemit, there are a number of smart individuals who feel the same and; I challenge you to come up with ideas for incentives that would, discourage those who upvote on the silly animal or fart post making so much money as opposed to a quality and well thought out post.
Not important one would Argue? NIET!
You have the power to checkmate this phenomena right now.
These posts have already set a dangerous trending standard that must be course corrected if steemit is to become anything other than a monetized, profit driven facebook.
In the past few days, myself and a number of friends have written and posted:
Truly one of a kind and well written content, which strikes at the core philosophy of this site. Freedom, Self Determination, Genuineness, Authenticity, etc.
@pierce-the-veil
@frankbacon
The response? Underwhelming.
In conclusion, I will continue to post authentically with no fear of reprisal and do my best to remain in honor and in parity with the founding core principles of steemit; those that originally attracted me to this platform.
AS TO ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR POSTING FLUFF AND PURELY MONETARY DRIVEN CRAP...
I FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION!
AS TO THE REST OF YOU, KINDLY GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY.
