The Search for "Real" Content

Part of the point of this post is actually to share a few words of praise for Steemit's curators who take the time to search out real content in what seems like an ocean of garbage, worthy of being notified and rewarded.

As a content consumer as well as a content creator, I'll be the first to admit that the proportion of "garbage" to actual human blogger created posts gets a little bit worse, every year. And so, I have increased appreciation for those who take the time to sort through the "endless noise" to uncover the worthwhile.

Maybe it’s a reflection of the time of the day I am typically looking at Steemit, but those endless repetitive AI generated nonsense 6-paragraph posts — you know "the demented fruit bat dreamed of a cricket bat they would often stick up their nose" kind — seem to be getting thicker and thicker. What's more, I've noticed that they are being churned out by more and more recently created accounts, making it increasingly difficult to track the entire farm.

Meanwhile, it seems like "business spam" is on the rise, as well... advertising for everything from dermatologists to real estate agents, invariably from pretty much new accounts. Most of it seems a bit sketchy.

I noticed that the "coin doubler" scam is still running on auto pilot... and I just hope nobody actually falls for it. I suppose you almost have to admire not only the sheer persistence, but the incredibly convoluted wallet transfer paths that eventually — if you keep trackin, long enough — all lead back to a single originating account.

Of course, the usual "daily crypto reports" on any number of assets continue to run — often in triplicate — throughout every day. They seldom add much you can't arrive at in two minutes with Coinmarketcap...

I even came across a new comment farmer a few days back. Seemed like a pretty genuine 3-line comment, but it was suspect because it quickly amassed about $13.00 worth of upvotes... for a short comment.

I thought it might have been a fluke, but it tuned out that all cooments left by this individual got upvoted similarly. Nice work, if you can get it?

I spent about 45 minutes looking at the "recent" feed, feeling a little discouraged that it was so time consuming to just find something worthwhile from a writer I might not have noticed before...

Somehow, it makes sense that so many just stick to looking at their (often shrinking) following feed, mostly made up of bloggers from way back when.

Is it just human nature to put your energy into "maximum rewards with minimum effort" rather than actually trying to add something thoughtful and worthwhile to the information stream?

I suppose it is, for many...

It doesn’t change my own approach, but I wonder about the effect on encouraging new people to join the community.

And with that, I guess I'd better end this lament... we shall return to our normally scheduled publishing tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great remainder of your week!

How about YOU? Do you struggle to find new worthwhile authors? Does it seem like the proportion of meaningless spam is rising? Leave a comment if you feel so inclined — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!

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Created at 2026.01.08 01:14 PST
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