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Couldn’t agree more! There’s way too many people complaining that @ned should fix content they don’t like when the real solution is to putout better content.

Every social media site is like this. If Tom Cruise posts a black screen and I post an amazing photo Tom Cruise gets more likes. You need to grow a following and catchup to other creators then you can beat them.

steemit in a nice bite sized gif <3

I completely understand where you are coming from @berniesanders.

It is SO frustrating when I work on an article for 2 hours and it doesn't even make $1 and then I see people post an image and some gibberish and make $500 on it!

I mean, I'm not here just for the money, but when I put in a couple of hours worth of work to try and produce a piece of content that adds value to the site, it would be nice to get a little bit more than a buck or two. I'm not asking for hundreds of dollars. I'd be more than happy with $20.

It's getting very frustrating and I think it is the main reason why a lot of users are just quitting and withdrawing whatever Steem they were able to make.

I think it's sad and if word continues to spread, it will be harder and harder to retain current members and attract new ones.

Maybe people don't want a two hour post

It's the whales at the top, and all their bot followers that auto-vote them to the Moon no matter what they post that is the major issue.

I personally am going to stay, and keep on trucking along, if the money comes, then so be it. If it doesn't, I'd rather be blogging on here, than on some centralized piece of shit like Medium.

amen brother most artists don't get rich until after they're dead anyway

@contentking Thats the same I thaugt. Its really frustrating, i asked bernie sanders some questions but didnt get an answer. Perhaps we get it now. @berniesanders I really respect it that you obviously want to make steemit a better place. But you are also making big money with really short posts. You could also decline the money or spent it to support small accounts. So what is your plan to make steemit better? And I thing you have the chance to change something.

This is the question I asked before:

"The case with Haejin is damn unfair, but why are you angry? You earn with a schort writing over 800. You are one of the kings;) I put in an article more than 3 hours and just got 30 cents. So thats how life and steemit works. What are your ideas to make it better? Obviously you have some power and can do something. Does flagging really work? You have a really bad reputation but it doesnt matter. So you are kind invincible. But are you the only one? Much success if you want to make steemit better"

Yes. You are right.

Many legit, honest, good content creators seem to be disenchanted and leaving seeing the amount of exploitaiton by certain whales and amount of scammers/abuser pooring in after tens of thousands of account were opened for countries such as Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Algeria, Venezuela.
Sadly majority of users from these geo locations try to exploit the system by posting plagiarism and stealing identities.
I mean, I understand that many of them may be poor, but for fuck sake, is it that difficult to spend like 15-20 minutes to write something original and blog it (even in their own language to get support from local Curie curators)?
Instead of posting tens of thousadns of lazy copypasta or plagiarism trying to fish for curation on popular tags and mindless curation of some whales.

At the moment, like 1 post in 20-30 in "New" section is legit. Steemit has got an opinion of scam haven, because of that.

Hi Buddy, @contentking Sorry if I am wrong in any way. In my point of view some are lucky and most of the people have to hard work. But that hard work will give reward at some point. The kind of stuffs like posting picture take more $$$$$ are small term cats. We have to stay strong as bull and always have to provide good contents for our followers. They will truly follow you and will respect your work.

Some users are using services out there for upvotes but the followers you will get with your hard work will never leave you.

some are not interested for social monetary justice

I propose very simple solution to this spam flood here on Steemit. We must just have ability to hide posts we don't like in our blogs. I thing that this is minor code change for the developers. If I can control content on my blog (what currently I can't) I can make thematically completed blog whit consistent themes and that will be my personal point of view.

If some from my followers resteem post which don't fit in my blog concept I simply hide it period.

If a content could be organized in way I propose people will start to visit blogs with content they like more and rewards will start do distribute more fair automatically.

It will also be nice to have multiple blogs on one account to organize stuff together by different themes, because people like to write about different stuff either.

If you support this two proposals let me know!!

i agree for 100%

Well written! Totally agree with you!

This...Just ...this.
I couldn't have put it any better, my fiend..

I agree with your thought!
I think there must be some kind of balance here and there so it would be a win win for all.
For that I think the strategy would be to follow more people rather than play the primadonna

Keep up the quality, that's what this platform needs. Some of my posts can take a few minutes, but usually they take hours or days (when programming). Gave you a 💯 because you put effort and you care. Don't be discouraged by the shitposts, quality always wins.

That's the only reason I can justify buying votes. If I sink a few hours into something, and I believe it's quality content, then I'm not going to feel bad getting a little ROI from vote bots and the like. Besides, if I push it high enough, some like minded people might actually start commenting on it.

As Steem Pope, I have to point out that all vote bots are officially condemned in the Church of Steem. :D

Patience is the virtue of success. I think a lot of people don't have it. Instead of just quitting right way, why not wait and let the time do the job. Who knows one day we will also be successful.

so true bro, the minnows are literally fucked. I have seen post receiving 400$ that are worse than posts with only 0.22$. Like you I'm also here to produce some valuable contents but those post get only 1 view (mine). What should I do to grow: Buy upvote?

Ko so true i taught it was a joke when it first started

I dont know about @ned ,but if this the roadmap of steemit than the steemit will never be going to hit the roads again. Addressing is all the solution we got.

All time high price of Steem and members fighting over the reward pool. How does it look?

Over time the good posts will earn more and the community will benefit. So everyone has a chance to earn more.
Thank you
@robertmannino

Let us put empahsis on building a foundation on the platform over time!

Unfortunately this seems to be an issue here. I'm a new user, and signed up with the full expectation to make nothing. Some people blog to make money, and for those of you who do, this is a travesty. I suppose for myself it would just be a pleasant surprise if my content actually makes any substantial profit. To address the issue at hand , I will say this. Many people seem to LOVE this platform (including myself), and many trending posts are addressing the issue. I don't know how long this has been a major problem, but I would venture a guess that the developers are trying to figure out a way to fix it. I sure hope so , because it would be very sad to see Steemit collapse.

My sentiments exactly.

He’s made over ten thousand USD complaining about other users. I don’t think he minds the way things are currently.

You are just here for the money. That is why you focus on the money.

I know the feeling :) The same thing happened with me, spent a long as time on a post about Christmas, and it is right now sitting at 0,27 dollars xD But that is how it is, there's not much to do about it :) At least it was fun making the content

i agree with you

I think it'll have the opposite affect, people will see the true potential and it'll motivate them to come to the platform and create better content

Meet the new pimps, same as the old pimps....

I would like it also to get some serious votes and money on mine, the thing is I am sitting long hours to ad some lovely recipes but there I get not 1 cent.
Please follow me if you can and up vote me too.

You are agreeing to a person who is acting as the police the judge and the executioner. You really agree with that? I understand it t is frustrating that someone gets a lot of money, and others don't, who put a lot of effort in, and it doesn't feel fair. But the person he is attacking also writes original content, with 30 min and 60 min video's attached sometimes. It might not be your cup of tea, but that's another issue. I do not agree with how the topic owner is dealing with this issue, and making a lot of money while doing so. in my opinion he is the one damaging the platform's image.

HOW CAN YOU THINK THIS IS QUALITY CONTENT? @BERNIESANDERS ONLY SELLS VOTES AND CRYPTOKITTIES AND HE THINKS HE DESERVES MORE? LMAO LOOK AT WHAT @HAEJIN HAS DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.... HE ALSO HAS A TWITTER FOLLOWING OF 13,000 PEOPLE OF WHICH THOUSANDS HAVE JOINED STEEMIT JUST FOR HIM. THE MORE PEOPLE THAT JOIN STEEMIT THE MORE UPVOTES THAT ARE AVAILABLE - FROM REAL PEOPLE NOT ROBOTS LIKE @BERNIESANDERS AND HIS 60 BOTS... YOUR AGREEING WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT @HAEJIN HAS DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE - THAT IS JUST PLAIN DUMB.... CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO AT LEAST LOOK AT WHAT @HAEJIN HAS DONE (AFTER YOU LOOK AT THIS LINK HOW CAN YOU EVEN COMPARE @BERNIESANDERS AND @HAEJIN - @HAEJIN IS BRINGING ABOUT 25 TO 50 NEW STEEMIT MEMBERS A DAY WITH LOVE, PEACE AND PROSPERITY - THIS @BERNIESANDERS IS A FRAUD AND IS STEALING MONEY FROM STEEMIT MEMBERS WITH HIS BOTS. HE ALSO CENSORS ANYONE HE DOES NOT AGREE WITH. DONT BE A FOOL, AT LEAST DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND GET TO KNOW @HAEJIN, WATCH ONE OF HIS VIDEOS, AT LEAST CLICK THE LINK.) @ BERNIESANDERS IS NOTHING BUT A TALENTLESS FRAUD THAT WILL END UP RUINING THIS PLATFORM ONCE HE MILKS IT FOR ALL HE CAN.

https://steemit.com/haejin/@crypto-bot/kabooms-haejin-legendary-calls-stats-here

"rather than actually giving a shit about this blockchain and website."

Well in Ned's defense not giving a shit and letting others do the work is his business model.

well to make a stab at neds train of thought.

I think the idea here is that as the community gets bigger ned can't do everything himself, so teaching the community to deal with stuff itself is important.

although its not like the system is set up to deal with that in any way so he is either stupid or cashing out.

While waiting for the Steemit people to address the matter, I've done the next best thing - "Mute". If more people do this, it will help save some stress and dissatisfaction.

I already had to do this few times. Maybe I'll use this function again

good advice and simple solution
Thank you
@robertmannino

Like getting a good post

that doesn't make the problem go away, just your use to humanity

Why a Lambo, specifically? I mean, sure, they're nice supercars, but there are others, too.

Now your talking !!! Keep on the STEEM

Ditch the Lambo, get the new Tesla Roadster and a Model X for half the price :D

yes tesla is a boom....roadsater is Awesome..

You'll be HODling a very long time...

what can we do as individuals to make it better?

very nice post

Yes full of great information.
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