This place is a feedback loop. Whales choose to promote corporate sales pitches for Steemit rather than truly great content. Great content creators such as myself are already back on Reddit, where at least you have a chance to spark a cool conversation. I had a post at the [top of reddit AND at the BOTTOM of Steemit](https://steemit.com/science/@jupiter00000/a-scientific-debate-on-value-perception) at the same exact time. It was pretty telling to me. Thats just me - I am abandoning ship because this place is boring, and nobody here has an interest in my adorable ferrets, epic pictures or even crypto-news bits because its not directly in line with the Steemit Corporate Propaganda Machine. This is just another place where rich people decide what you should be paying attention to. I live in the USA, and this style of corporatism is getting dull. Its not very decentralized when the same 10 people are on the front page from day to day, or when 4 out of the 5 top posts are from Whales. And then there's gotta be one post from a girl with big boobs littering [steemit balloons all over the beach.](https://steemit.com/steemit/@chicana/steemit-re-open-for-new-users-released-almost-100-balloons-with-steemit-logo)

Im pretty much [done with Steemit. ](https://steemit.com/steemit/@jupiter00000/why-i-am-powering-down) 

However, all this money will have a huge impact. Its going to turn into a big corporate church. Dont want Hillary to be president of the USA? The whales will never vote for your post again. 

Have an extreme belief? 

A harsh critique of the platform? 

Prepare to be blacklisted.

Otherwise known as a rich-man's circlejerk.

I have yet to see a woman with SMALL boobs at the top of Steemit.

I started the following comment on one of your posts, though felt it'd be better to post here, as it'll gain more exposure. (I've read a few of your different posts, and this comment is equally applicable, speaking to the common theme throughout them)...


one perspective...

herein lies an opportunity to make something of the opportunity for content CURATION.

there may be alot of great posts that *don't* get noticed, yes. SO, therein lies an opportunity to help bring attention to them...

what about a daily/weekly "The Top 10 Best Daily/Weekly Diamonds In The Rough" type curation...?

if someone were to step up and do this, ensuring the highest quality of both the curating posts and the curated posts, sooner or later, they'd get attention. 

*Over time,* the creme rises to the top. Persistence IS required. And so is different forms of marketing & promotion. 

Many posts may have great content, but lack something in the delivery. i.e. a person can be brilliant and have great writing skills, but if they don't know how to craft a killer headline and choose a great picture to go with it, their posts aren't going to get opened nearly as much as if those particular skills are developed and exercised.

The system's not perfect. But there are advantages in that if *forces* people to step up their game and increase their skills and value to the community, if they're committed to the long term game. 

those who keep playing eventually WILL get noticed, and as they keep at it and gain exposure through others who recognize their value, will get rewarded...

Me too. Totally bi-polar. My enthusiasm for crypto fuels my faith sometimes. Then I see the corrupt nature of this beast. Then I try to submit to the beast and tattoo a Steemit Logo on my face. Now Im finally on the front page of Steemit!

Yes. This place is a feedback loop. Whales choose to promote corporate sales pitches for Steemit rather than truly great content. Great content creators such as myself are already back on Reddit, where at least you have a chance to spark a cool conversation. I had a post at the [top of reddit AND at the BOTTOM of Steemit](https://steemit.com/science/@jupiter00000/a-scientific-debate-on-value-perception) at the same exact time. It was pretty telling to me. Thats just me - I am abandoning ship because this place is boring, and nobody here has an interest in my adorable ferrets, epic pictures or even crypto-news bits because its not directly in line with the Steemit Corporate Propaganda Machine. This is just another place where rich people decide what you should be paying attention to. I live in the USA, and this style of corporatism is getting dull. Its not very decentralized when the same 10 people are on the front page from day to day, or when 4 out of the 5 top posts are from Whales. And then there's gotta be one post from a girl with big boobs littering [steemit balloons all over the beach.](https://steemit.com/steemit/@chicana/steemit-re-open-for-new-users-released-almost-100-balloons-with-steemit-logo)

Im pretty much [done with Steemit. ](https://steemit.com/steemit/@jupiter00000/why-i-am-powering-down) 

However, all this money will have a huge impact. Its going to turn into a big corporate church. Dont want Hillary to be president of the USA? The whales will never vote for your post again. 

Have an extreme belief? 

A harsh critique of the platform? 

Prepare to be blacklisted.

Otherwise known as a rich-man's circlejerk.

I have yet to see a woman with SMALL boobs at the top of Steemit.

I have yet to see something cute at the top of Steemit. People hate my ferrets for some reason. Why? Because I didn't shave "Steemit" into their fur. 

https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/https://s32.postimg.org/l662m4qpx/ezgif_com_video_to_gif_1.gif

Actually, I apologize for the part of the post to which you were likely responding (which i have edited out).  I had initially posted my doubts about your story in your thread.  However, i decided shortly after posting that it was not worth the hassle and deleted it.  When i wrote the sentence that reffed you above, i forgot i had never posted anything about it.

I can't be 100% certain that your story isnt true, but it seems fake to me for a variety of reasons, only one which is your diction.

It seems very likely to me that many others noticed what i noticed as well.  the post would certainly cause a non-biased person to question the veracity of your claims.
Had you not been one of the chosen few, this would have likely been brought up at the time you posted.  
 
However,  i will not broach the subject again.  I decided to let sleeping dogs lie at the time and ill abide by that decision.

incidentally, i have no idea what name tagging is.  EDIT:  oh i get it.  Labeling.

I knew infovore from other social media sites. Questioning his identity after a respected Steemian has verified his identity is just wasting time.
American ignorance about educated Africans is the cause of a lot of this. 
Once you realize that just because someone is African, doesn't mean that they are uneducated, you'll start to see the light. Being a middle-class African is also something Americans cannot fathom. Many people from undeveloped countries are educated, you just never see them on mainstream news.

Replying here due to nesting

Stella, I was unaware that you had verified his identity.   I run a law practice mainly focused on helping non-us residents do business in the US , and I have clients from every continent except antartica, including africa.  Educated people from other cultures are what keep me fed and housed.

Though i concede my suspicions were  ultimately untrue, they were neither based on prejudice or malice

Sorry but I call bullshit. I've looked into some of these supposed "newbies who made thousands off their first post" and every single one powered their account and/or used sock puppets with powered accounts to drive bunk "content" to the top.

most of the money has gone out of mining.  After block 800K something, mining rewards got cut down to 1/10th of what they were..  thats why blocktrades and the badger guy were trying to sell off their miner accounts.

my 8 core vps instance gets 40K hashes /sec, and typically gets 1 or 2 POWS (worth 1 steem) a day.  I think higher ranked witnesses get more POW opportunities, but im not sure exactly how it works.


but if youre just talking about setting up a rig and letting it run, its probably not going to pay for itself.