This deeply disturbed me. I work so hard on my posts and most of them are undervalued even though I know I am writing better content than many here who are getting bigger upvotes. While Steemit is a great platform, it is one that mainly functions on the principle- 'it doesn't matter what you know but who you know.' If you know the big whales, you are golden. If not, you are dead even if you know valuable stuff. The drive to make more money makes people to do things like selling their votes and depriving the well-deserved ones of their right. This is really upsetting!