RE: Extensive curation stats overview since HF19 (June 20th 2017)
if this is universal that would mean that approximately 75% of voting power is unused each month
Quite likely since the steemit account (almost 50%) by design does not vote and many of the largest accounts are investors who are not holding stake (at least primarily) for the purpose of using it on the social platform do bother to vote. Initiatives such as minnowbooster and others may help distribute more of this voting power over time.
Overall good analysis. The $40/month number is interesting and should help serve to remind people that Steemit is not a free money spigot, at least not one that dispenses a significant amount to everyone. Some very successful content creators with a good following can do well but the average user can not expect to earn a living (or anything close to a living even if the rewards were distributed equally)
Thank you, if only you were so nice in the other post that you feel personally attacked on for some reason :p
Again, you jump to (incorrect) conclusions. I'm not 'personally attacked' as I'm not even on your list (I have barely been voting at all, for self or otherwise). The disagreement is with the value of your approach on substance, not whether it attacks me personally (it doesn't).
Well, a datadump has substance...but yeah the approach could have been better. It's controversial so it's tricky. But at least i have the balls to do what others are scared of.
Anyway, technically you are on the list as htooms ;)
Also not me (but emoticon wink noted)
Oh that's interesting, i (and probably many others) assumed it was. Have you ever publicly distanced yourself from that account then? (You might also not care about it, lol.)
When that account was first created it was done for the purpose of opposing my votes, and I think there were some not-so-friendly comment exchanges too. So it was pretty clear at the time it was not mine.
OK, good to know. I probably missed it because i took a 10 month long break from SteemIt because i saw too many problems. Many of the same problems still exist but the inflation fix made me come back and give it another try.
BTW i just noticed you upvoted this post even though you flagged the other one. I can appreciate you're not making it personal like most people do. We both want the best for the platform and we do what we think is best, even though sometimes it doesn't turn out all too well as you saw in the other post ;)
@smooth has proven time and time again to not only understand this platform better than almost anybody but to also prove quite objective rationale.
There is nobody I have read more comments by than @smooth and @smooth is a part of almost all big steemit discussion posts.
I am actually very surprised at how calm and objective he is with such power. I find it extraordinary respectable.
It is easy to make too much out of any particular comment, post or vote. I prefer to focus on the bigger picture.