What will I be doing here on Steemit while the whale experiments are happening?
The same thing I do every day.
I will continue to devote time to Steemit.
I will continue my daily Holi-Art posts.
I will continue to curate. (Now more than ever, as my votes are worth a tiny, tiny bit.)
I will continue to comment.
Does this mean that I am just complying and that I am ok with the experiment?
No, not exactly.
This experiment could have been HUGE. It could have really been big...Had it been implemented correctly - But alas, it wasn't. Experiments are part of a beta website and to be expected, but so is a high level of communication. In this case, from the looks of it all, there was next to no communication.
That sucks.
Why?
Well, let's think for a second...None of the community knew about this, and it's quite obvious that very few whales knew about it as they are still casting votes which are being "countered" with downvotes. That being said, I believe that this experiment (at this time) will be in vain and the results will be incredibly tainted, as many in the community are choosing to not spend their time posting due to multiple factors. (this was the TL;DR version from my brain, you don't want the actual version...trust me.)
So what will I be doing while this experiment is ongoing?
Creating one Holi-Art post per day, as I know that many in the community enjoy this daily post. However, I cannot guarantee that this week's pieces going to be nearly as nice or detailed per the usual, simply because I have a family and other work that I should be tending to, and with these things going on I cannot justify spending a few hours each day creating artwork to create a post that will only bring $0.60. I know, I know..."But RB, you shouldn't be here for the rewards, you should be here for the community". If you're going to say that, don't - because even though it eats away my valuable time, I am choosing to stay for the community. Why? Because you guys and gals are incredible!
I mean, let's get real, none of us "came for the community", we came for the rewards...But we chose to stay, "because of the community".
Today, even though it is hard, I am choosing to stay for the community.
What will you choose to do?
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