what about the other things people feel? like when people visit steemit for the first time, and see $500 paid out to a post i could write in less than three minutes, which is "worth" about, well, NOTHING [in $ terms].
The bot thing isn't something i worry about financially, but it does make our front page often look like shit still, and that's terrible for any hopes of popular adoption, with competition obviously coming.
There are negatives people experience besides envy.
I wouldn't take a paid for $500 trending post if you PAID ME.
I guess i've just seen too many hugely promoted posts by CHB, which are probably not even profiting, but certainly exposing many more people to posts like this [others i've seen by him are much longer, granted]
IDK. Steemit is incredibly frustrating. 50,000 posts a day still. EVERYONE "raping" the reward "pool".
Great tool. But being used to "TAKE" money [from the steem blockchain]
You can call it MAKING money, but it was really dan and the team that did that.
Yeah, i get it, capitalism etc., but that doesn't mean it's producing anything interesting.
I almost never even visit steemit itself anymore.
Can't spell inVENTING without VENTING.
Love, Alx.
By now we must have come in terms with the fact that we can't control everything. As valid as it might sound it's just your opinion and nothing can be done unless a lot of people agree with you, publicly agree with you.
Are these posts profitable? Why do people spend this much on bots. Is it about making the trending page or making money?
This has nothing to do with envy but need or greed... quess greed sonce who is in need has no money to spend (invest?) In bots. I do not know when Steemit did start, if the intentions were real/pure if it comes to good content but it is not what it is now for sure. Most people over here do not even like to read and many contest look like fb goodmorning greetings
Obviously a lot of people are agreeing with him, there would be no need to bring transparency to undeserving post reaping hundreds of dollar via way of a transparency bot if people weren't complaining about it. As they say....everything in moderation.