It’s all true. 
That’s why I don’t believe on Steemit trending. And when someone tries to get vote from bots whales comes to downvote them. I also stopped promoting because now I have fear of losing my money. 
Now I am not understanding what to do.
Everyone here is for money it’s for sure these whales get so much money for free so they don’t care about others. 

Trending is not an option so that now I am following great authors to read. 
This platform is not moving towards mass adoption it is moving away from mass adoption

They have to put the minnows into consideration as well!

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Yes you are truly right. They stopped others to promote there content and have full control of trending page. Also bidbots are now in there control because they want profit and this can come only when these whales wants to get them.

Very disappointing I thoughts witness are not going to support this but they support and this is now an reality. 
We have lossed our independence on this platform because if you do something that they don’t like they will downvote you so if you want money act like them

It’s really disappointing don’t have any hope. 
Curators have no problem at 25% these whales wants to it 50% so that minnows don’t earn anything. And they also do one thing if you get upvotes less than 0.02 then it will decline all things are now in fever of these whales. 
If this platform seems to be whales supportive them I think be have done

Says the fucking moron who upvoted his own shit post to $8+.  Go fuck yourself moron.

Sweet. U got it all right. I've been saying this even before the hard fork.

So so annoying

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Agree. All top is ads only. Really I don't know who are reading that when we can observe promotion any shitty services. Newsteem fix nothing.

@boosta, you know what's up. Thanks for keepin' it real.

Sometimes I gets the scraps from the table of the inner circles but I tend to be on the outside more often than not. 

I'm afraid the more I talk the less of those scraps I will get but that's the price one pays for honesty.

While many concern themselves with payout alone, they realize not that in this blockchain they make an exhibition of their character... Or the lack thereof.

One day we, our families, our friends and peradventure our distant descendents will be able to look at this chain and learn what kind of people we are.

That's kind of neat to think about. Think we should all encourage each other to curate a stranger or two everyday. It's one thing to vote your buddies and, if they make good content, great.

But to vote the work you appreciate of one you do not know (and maybe get to know that person) is even better.

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The reality is the downvotes have been a very considerable threat to dishonest voting behavior that threatens the the integrity of this platform.

Trending is no longer filled with advertisements and shitposts that can go unchecked. Established voting bots are starting to pivot their businesses into activities that add value such as curation. Large circle jerk networks and self voters are feeling the heat. Although it's still early days, things have been palpably improving.

I also agree that the topics on trending could use more variety. I believe with time and other features, this will come into being. 

I see you're sitting on full downvote mana with considerable stake. Have you considered using it to combat abuse and shape trending for the betterment of the platform?

I just popped in here @boosta to thank you for the manual vote you just put on my post. I rarely ever see votes that size and it is appreciated.

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I think in next 3 months we see how this new steemit pages works out ... just now I can just say lets find some good posts and upvote them :)

When was the last time you or anyone else here went to YouTube to look for content on [its Trending page?](https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending) (I bet few people knew that even existed).

A Trending page consisting mostly of Steem-related posts is, imo, only a problem when there are no other interesting places on Steem to look for content. I would hope that with communities, the global trending page will not be seen as the main attraction on Steemit, but more a special interest place.

My point is that the idea of a Trending page is not really worth pursuing in and off itself. People want to see what they want to see, not what stakeholders and voting circles tells them they should see.

Agree nothing spesialy had changed. That people who had small SP amd nor so much Steem will recieve less rewards. And it's sadly.

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Thanks for Your upvote 😉

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I completely agree with you and in new steem trending post is not at all a good idea beacuse if one use bots to get votes then there are people who downvote with their huge sp and its happening even if content is worth trending.

Now with hf21 we can't even think for mass adoption because for newbies its too difficult to survive.

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Thank you for the great work. You inspire me my friend

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Certainly mistakes were made. But I still give them my vote of confidence.

Many are not here just for money. Anyway, would you consider this a real job? Is this a stable source of income? I think not.

If anyone came here pretending to be rich, then he deceived himself.

Even though the price of steem is still cheap, and despite the many changes that have been made, I still believe that steemit can make people successful. and my step here is full of enthusiasm.

In my opinion, what is happening now is a big opportunity for everyone. because the price of steem is currently very cheap. This is a great opportunity for everyone to get great steem strength. I do not want to miss the opportunities that exist today. I am a laborer. when i have a little money, i will immediately buy steem. I do not want to miss the opportunities that exist today. I want to be a pope here. I want to be like you who have high strength.

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It is what it is, it will be what we make of it.