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RE: Why aren't there any micro blogs ever trending?
I've seen plenty of microblog posts on trending. Also, the only way to trending is to purchase votes. So, I guess people with little time and effort to put into this, don't buy enough votes to get to trending.
If you want your microblog on Trending, just buy the votes.
I totally agree microblogging should be acceptable and if interesting enough I will vote for them. It's just.... Usually they hold limited appeal to a short topic. I would like to see them do well. As you stated successful people with busy lives tend to have less time.
Why is trending the goal? In addition right now I think we have very few eyes on the site, so post what you want and pray someone who is still active sees it.
Posting microblogs may get you banned from some vote-selling services.
Being on trending makes you the most money, which is the only reason why anyone posts anything. It makes sense to want to make the most possible.
I bet most of the posts on trending actually clear very little. the idea that trending is where the money is at... is kind of outdated, and then falsely reinforced by the Payout amount at the bottom. :)
But I do get the point.
Maybe trending isn't the goal. I don't care about being on the front page. My few front page posts on reddit have been just posting something I thought was interesting and letting it sit. I'm shocked on how much of an upvote I've gotten on this post.
People who purchase enough to get on trending can also make money from people who vote on their posts early to get curation, knowing that the user always buys a huge upvote later.
Don't be shocked. Many if not all Steemians know this but few, like you, openly admits it.