Even More of Life Isn't Fair and Neither is STEEMit

It looks like I am turning this into a regular thing.

Yesterday, STEEM got a big boost in price due to Weiss, a stock and other trading asset rating company, releasing their first rating of cryptocurrencies. Only 5 coins received a rating higher than C. Steem received a B- rating and a call out in the press release that was very favorable. STEEM jump up 50% in the 24 hour percentage change and is still up over 30% today. This isn't a regular pump and dump and could lead to a higher price for STEEM later on. And, it might also lead to more people joining Steemit and becoming a Red Fish, Blue Fish. Dead Fish, Whale Fish.

Which brings me to this Life Isn't Fair article.

As a Bone Fish, Red Fish or Minnow, it is hard to get your posts upvoted. It is even harder to get high reward upvotes for your votes. Sure, you can use bots for fake upvotes or bid bots to try to get a return on your vote payment or beg someone to give you their Steem POWER, so that you can upvote yourself with a delegation power out weighing your actual Steem POWER by a magnitude. But, for the most of us, it is all about having the right followers who will upvote your article, if it is seen.

You can see that I have over 1000 followers. Apparently, that's not enough. Why do I say that?
Well, yesterday, I put out 2 article on the Weiss Ratings. Only two other people beat me for the day. Another Steemian actually made an article about it 5 days prior that we should be on the lookout for it (I wish I could link to that article, I guess I should made a comment on that).

So, being first about the news, apparently doesn't mean getting the best payout, because it is all about who you are and who is following you. The people chosen are based on what I see in my Feed and a link that Hive account@gniksivart shared with me, because he knows I like pain and suffering. As I mention before, this post isn't against any of the individuals listed, it is just point out how the system works.

DeanLogic

• Weiss Ratings out for Cryptocurrencies
• Steem Jumps on News of Weiss Rating

cryptoctopus - 1 1/2 - 2 hours later

• WEISS RATINGS - STEEM TO THE MOON! Up 30.00%!!!

marketingmonk - 1 day later

• The Crypto Gradings Are Out! (Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings)

And even being a Witness, app maker and all around great guy doesn't insure you'll get big upvotes

dragosroua - 7 hours later

• STEEM Spikes On Positive News From Weiss Ratings

As you can see, I barely got $6 worth of upvotes for my 1,000 views. Most of my views are due to posting my article on Twitter. So, maybe we have close to 1,000 new Steemians due to my post. Would be great if there was a referal bonus or something.

Hive account@dragosroua posted 7 hours after me and even as great of a guy as he is, he only got around $20 upvote rewards. I can't be too mad at him for that, but he used almost the same headline that I did and got 162 views.

Now, Hive account@cryptoctopus posted about when everyone else was getting around to posting the news. An hour and a half to 2 hours after my post. He has 770 views, but with his $288 reward payout, my guess is that most of his was due to having over $100 payout and hitting the Trending page for the tags he used. High rewards begets more rewards.

But, Hive account@marketingmonk, coming in a day late, after the announcement, well, that's just silly. Sure, he put up a video and that takes time. But, a day later in cryptocurrency and that news might as well have been brought by Pony Express rider. Nevertheless, since he has a good following, he has earned almost $300 rewards on his 127 upvotes and 256 views so far. I'm sure he'll get more views as the day ticks by.

So, Steemians, that's the hard cold facts. You might be first and original with your content, but if you don't have the right followers with the right upvotes, you won't see much reward, if your article is lost in the weeds.

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More Power to the Minnows!!

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