I could upvote all my posts, but if everyone is doing that regardless of their motives then the minnows will lose out even more. I am lucky to have built up around 16k SP, so I can make some nice votes on minnow posts. My vote is reduced as I have delegated half of it to various people. Some is to vote services who I think do good and the rest to individuals who can spread my voting power across more people.
If I were delegated a large amount I could do a lot more good. Of course I'd be tempted to use some on myself and if I knew it was temporary then I would try to boost my SP some more. Part of me doesn't really want the responsibility of giving out larger sums. I'd have to spend even more time on Steemit to be sure it was well used.
For now Ned does not seem to be voting much and that's a shame as he could be helping distribute the rewards to more people. He's delegating about half his SP, but 1.9 million is effectively not being used. There's also the Steemit account with 44 million sitting idle!
I'm just hoping they have something planned to make good use of all that power when they feel ready. I suspect we need to wait until at least the next hardfork, which could be in a couple of months, before they start to get more active in promoting the platform.
Damn. Hey @ned or Steemit, ya wanna delegate me a few thousand? 😮
Yes, the minnows will lose out a bit but, those who are actually thinking long term won't as they will be using the opportunity to be in the 50% of your support. In pretty short order and with some care, their vote will be significant enough to be able to add some value to other minnows too with their 50%. At the moment, we are spraying SP and most of it is not getting powered up by those who could really make a difference here in the mid to long view.
Uncomfortable isn't it....
I have been here for some time now, I have seen how hard it is to make it on steemit this days with bidbots and lots of other things which are affecting the growth of steemit.
I joined steemit to make a differences but I must confess it hasn't been easy so far.
I come from a country with poor economic development, poverty rampant and so on. I am here to help my community and the world growth at large so since I don't have enough money to invest on I decided to be doing the best I can by inspiring and motivating youths into succeeding through entrepreneur.
If there is anyway you can help my project either by delegating S.P or by loaning some, I will be ready to discuss my plans in full with you .
Thanks for your support so far