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