Not much has changed, in my opinion. If you win support of influential people with Steem Power, you do well financially. If not, you don't.
For those who are still voting for authors and friends they support, curation rewards are good. The upvote bot trend is interesting but will eventually reach an equilibrium (while also bringing in new investors).
Exactly ! I wish I had some of that support !!! I feel as though I worked my ass off and got no where after over a year of helping the community and supporting many people along the way . Thanks for your reply its much appreciated , best of luck to you my friend! πππ
Just gave your comment some support. :)
It's a tricky thing because this whole ecosystem is dominated by technical people (okay, "nerds" and "geeks"). So we not only upvote things we like, but we also recognize the value of the tech earlier then some others do (meaning we invest early, mine early, etc) so we have more Steem Power. We're the early adopters. When non-tech geeks also recognize the value here and talk about "normal" stuff, they won't get rewarded as much by their friends.
So what's the solution?
Power Up!
And get your friends who vote for you to do the same. Buying STEEM on the market and putting it towards voting power is how things will change. It's not going to happen just through writing great content.
Be the change you want to see, and all that. Some authors who complain about rewards haven't invested time and resources to understand the technical things going on or to increase their voting power with their own money. They can complain more, but the solution, to me, is to spend that energy building communities with Steem Power who value their content. That means real money flowing into STEEM.
Excellent comment @lukestokes
Only my first introduceyourself post did really well, as far as upvotes and views go. But I completely agree with your assessment. I've taken the time to learn about crypto, purchased Litecoin and then used that to buy Steem and then power up. It's helped a lot.
I need to get better at writing posts, but I'm seeing it as a challenge.
Congrats on stepping into the larger world of cryptocurrency!
I agree with you @lukestokes, invest real money and power up then support the posts you enjoy and love. -dt
Wow ! Thanks so much for the awesome support and reply back ! I am following you , and looking forward to some great advice ! Steem on my friend , live long and prosper !!!πππ
Thank you! If you're looking for some advice, here are some of my older posts which may be helpful:
Great , thanks for that !! I will definitely check them out as soon as I get a chance ! ! We need all the help we can get at this point ! πππ