@daf I see your point from your perspective. However from my perspective, I think this is open and transparent as my earnings can be viewed direct from my wallet. And secondly I am in no connection with any whales. All my post gathered less than $0.50 except for one. If a commoner like myself cannot see any earnings through the upvote then the same could be applied to 80% of the members. Which simply means that the voting system is flawed and overly geared towards steem power. This is the current scenario that we are seeing currently as common members.