Steemit moaners keep on complaining of inequality of Steemit community members' upvotes. They call for making the upvotes more or less equal so that the number of upvotes will be crucial in earning money, not the weight of those upvotes. If we introduce such a system with equal suffrage we make Steemit a totally democratic community undermining all the previous achievemnts of their members. Do we really need still one more democratic institute in our equal-to-the-bones world? Do we want to cancel the power of whales earned through months of difficult work?
I have recently published two posts about our community, namely about the system being addictive as hell and about the most typical Steemit citizens. Both posts got more than 220 upvotes but earned something like $20. The reason to moan, complain and make fuss about it? Hardly.
The fact that the posts were so widely accepted in the community shows that the topic is popular, interesting and could easily bring me much more in case in was published in the right time. Another thing is the reason why I am upvoted by some minor fish in our sea (I don't want to hurt anyone, even the smallest fish can become a giant whale). The topics chosen seem to be interesting for the newbies or those of us who have stayed with the system for not so long. Anything bad about it? Indeed. The posts should be diverse and aimed at different stratas of citizens. Upvotes with different weight give you more Steem Power and you grow. Step by step you near those of fish that can definitely change the torrents in our deep blue waters.
I don't want to say that I am absolutely satisfied with the content I see on the tranding page. But if those posts are upvoted by so many users that means that the content is interesting and precious for the system even though its use may not be transparent for us.
Capitalism on Steemit is a must. All the achievements in the lottery + work-based system should be praized with power given. That ensures the stability and advancing growth of the platform and its currency. If everyone has the same weight of their voices then the number of fake accounts and so on will grow and the system will finally collapse overflooded with bad content.
So if you notice that your posts are popular though not so high-paid that's a good sign that you can succeed and run on. Don't stop. Select new topics thoughtfully and finally you'll get a feedback for what you've done.