<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:52:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/votebuying/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[CASHLESS POLICY AND THE IMPACT IT MAY HAVE ON THE NEXT COMING ELECTION IN NIGERIA. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the time immemorial, the issue of vote buying is being done or accomplished through means of cash at hand system. This is the process whereby, during the day of election you will just see one unanimous]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@peterale/cashless-policy-and-the-impact-it-may-have-on-the-next-coming-election-in-nigeria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@peterale/cashless-policy-and-the-impact-it-may-have-on-the-next-coming-election-in-nigeria</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[peterale]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 06:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3shLFhJzSE2NzUXK8BS1RWo7DH8KNQwgy7PZ2j9wSiX2va6qswCnx34FSoWLHcNYTHiJcWFBtG1Rssp7sdQLFX3HhVxySktGwzcje8w4z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author-Defined Proportion Of Curation Rewards Is A Questionable Idea]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is @rewarding.app? @reward.app is a new third party service on Hive that enables an author to define the percentage of the author rewards of a post are redistributed to curators. The default is only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/curation/@markkujantunen/author-defined-proportion-of-curation-rewards-is-a-questionable-idea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/curation/@markkujantunen/author-defined-proportion-of-curation-rewards-is-a-questionable-idea</guid><category><![CDATA[curation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markkujantunen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2020 22:27:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ynwsjysm2XuNozdMysq1YNDRbt9X9VeerNm1981Q9QbBMDpoVRmtkdDAftnfidNMwVEYWSexGokhXhMu6d3H1hJX9T9936X67Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Would My Audience Say...]]></title><description><![CDATA[More Power = More Support. This might be a rather "sensitive" subject as people have different opinions and this is strictly based upon those. One might say that the more power you have, the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hitmeasap/what-would-my-audience-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hitmeasap/what-would-my-audience-say</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hitmeasap]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:40:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvTvRFUUV69Gd1zqRY4t6Mo7tPmZwjPsG97foDBr6UBdzRjinZFTAGJH8qqvk1fgjQANteaPwQxrxPWer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[| In meme we trust]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memestagram/@epic-fail/re--memestagram-20181101t151014744z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memestagram/@epic-fail/re--memestagram-20181101t151014744z</guid><category><![CDATA[memestagram]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[epic-fail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8C1H8mfJ3QRxMYS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear ye: a short message from the High Priest of the Church of Piglet himself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer and vacations are here! As a friendly gesture, the ever-forgiving Church of Piglet invites all those who delegate to bidbots to a guided tour of the peat bog next to our church building in The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@church-of-piglet/42b885-hear-ye-a-short-message-from-the-high-priest-of-the-church-of-piglet-himself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@church-of-piglet/42b885-hear-ye-a-short-message-from-the-high-priest-of-the-church-of-piglet-himself</guid><category><![CDATA[piglet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[church-of-piglet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:06:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328DUBLRor3FZC8UYntPZj35XcCDfU2HqMdtJ16Lu8JekqT5KqxvPJ8qTd6QzAj9esvjf4ZTGpdQU5z2fAthJx2XdV4oYZsi7FRb9p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experimenting Best Paying Risk-Free Steemit Voting Bots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello friends, I was busy trading and learning how to trade to make more profit lately. So I couldn't manage to blog here. However as the market is heavily down and my trading portfolio is having a bad]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@flight-87/experimenting-best-paying-risk-free-steemit-voting-bots</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@flight-87/experimenting-best-paying-risk-free-steemit-voting-bots</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flight-87]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:06:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZWBXFXnbnQ1FtoZhRqrTWozhqoqWHpGmpmnSZordA6kFX788u7U8C5oAXN28LLSEN6d2MdBcjPtQJXoAfe4GwX4kSPzJB6HHtYjw2926?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ONO Social just confirmed Bid Bots will not be allowed on its platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[ONO Social just replied to one of my tweets regarding the rampant use of Bid Bots and Vote Buying on Steemit platform. I asked them whether this will be allowed on ONOSocial or not? They responded by saying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bidbots/@prakashghai/ono-social-just-confirmed-bid-bots-will-not-be-allowed-on-its-platform</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bidbots/@prakashghai/ono-social-just-confirmed-bid-bots-will-not-be-allowed-on-its-platform</guid><category><![CDATA[bidbots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prakashghai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrEWQYRRXGCQmatiNpHe873Er18thJWuGXxpdZQgZ4tWqv8CMQyJJCy4Gks8XU5Qbndq5Min85pLuj5HnEbjmhaAGkxYW3ixNAb97dAgHhpkG6JhUDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem Power HODL'ers Vs Bid Bots]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is the point Powering Up or Holding Steem Power when The power to Trend something (or the so called 'influence') on Steemit lies with Bid-Bots that have huge upvote values? THINK About it... As a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steempower/@prakashghai/steem-power-hodl-ers-vs-bid-bots</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steempower/@prakashghai/steem-power-hodl-ers-vs-bid-bots</guid><category><![CDATA[steempower]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prakashghai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 18:43:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 259: 5 Minute Freewrite: Thursday - Prompt: sell-out (my day 6)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sell-out... Sometimes I feel like a sell-out, buying votes and selling votes through smart-steem. But why not, no harm right?? Short term, It serves my purposes, I can increase the payout on my posts by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freewrite/@jk6276/day-259-5-minute-freewrite-thursday---prompt-sell-out-my-day-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freewrite/@jk6276/day-259-5-minute-freewrite-thursday---prompt-sell-out-my-day-6</guid><category><![CDATA[freewrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jk6276]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 22:42:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UwMszGfui1eM7JeuKWNQVFYedsCfxfo3gp6KShnz2sVYCH6hUrWpCbYKjvdPTiCetM946QWNWFzHVg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Communiqué from the Church of Piglet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't be complicit in Steemit's skulduggery and go in peace, or rather, read and resteem The Church of Piglet's Guidelines, and then go in peace, or in anger, as the case may be. We care so you don't have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@church-of-piglet/official-communique-from-the-church-of-piglet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@church-of-piglet/official-communique-from-the-church-of-piglet</guid><category><![CDATA[piglet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[church-of-piglet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:48:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QLrGDQoMBsiBDeAshWDfDF5X72KSaZDe1tEdXa56597bvmzAqBPZLpe9EZ74SZHVKK4NgqdAjtkGT1CQjSVyAJi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if ONOSocial turns out to be the same as Steemit and...]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if ONOSocial turns out to be the same as Steemit and .. .. it is fair and does not have vote buying bots and circle jerk I will move to that platform I am sick and tired of this Rigging !]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ono/@prakashghai/what-if-onosocial-turns-out-to-be-the-same-as-steemit-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ono/@prakashghai/what-if-onosocial-turns-out-to-be-the-same-as-steemit-and</guid><category><![CDATA[ono]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prakashghai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:59:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's Song I]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh Lord, won't you buy me A big whopping vote Some people are paying But I don't self-promote Worked hard all my time here But still no gravy boat Oh Lord, won't you buy me A big whopping vote Oh Lord,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ocrdu/today-s-song</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@ocrdu/today-s-song</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ocrdu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLftyMt16niyD8wFaVynUwvSdhTWp4jfX9qi4EQzrxgTKPWJQNqmk94QiNzC5PLk8P3Q5j4cx81UGgsZCA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Communiqué from the Church of Piglet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't encourage them, don't be complicit, and go in peace, or rather, read and resteem The Church of Piglet's Guidelines for the Little Steemian, and then go in peace, or in anger, as the case may be.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@ocrdu/7s3cp8-official-communique-from-the-church-of-piglet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@ocrdu/7s3cp8-official-communique-from-the-church-of-piglet</guid><category><![CDATA[piglet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ocrdu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 12:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnog7Q1jpM7UDjEaJp4dTcatS5CGGC4zP1Hf91i5CMXJo52Hjiaz5mYwoLrVYqcgE1XoZVHfaJFzCNzZ3GadAd69kza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Defense of Vote Buying]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was originally going to be a disclaimer on my other post about climbing the Steemit ladder but it got a bit out of hand. I see a lot of complaints on here about vote buying services. Some claim they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@driptorchpress/in-defense-of-vote-buying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@driptorchpress/in-defense-of-vote-buying</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[driptorchpress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:57:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmhcYrAe3GsBHTwXt5Ek71BSbbWKPH1B3imX4xhY4MR4z5bhJ5eUCZmnLrE3Na?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[*New* Soddittole: Powerful Pure Pink Prescription-Free Pills]]></title><description><![CDATA[NB This is just a slightly edited repost; please vote accordingly. It seemed appropriate to repeat it to draw your attention to this trending load of bollocks. Please follow the link and flag it, for Piglet's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ocrdu/new-sodditole-powerful-pure-pink-prescription-free</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ocrdu/new-sodditole-powerful-pure-pink-prescription-free</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ocrdu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:42:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpmLGMgYUfensdr2M8CKwtc8H6Pe4YWiRGyTf3HYSh25J5pKGQYqNU6XoEXJm6iytd4ia?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really? No One? (Vote-Buying/Selling Debater Requested)]]></title><description><![CDATA[With all the votes that are purchased on a daily basis, how can it be that I've still not found a person willing to debate me on the pros and cons of vote selling? And if there is no one willing to defend]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/votebuying/@son-of-satire/really-no-one-vote-buying-selling-debater-requested</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/votebuying/@son-of-satire/really-no-one-vote-buying-selling-debater-requested</guid><category><![CDATA[votebuying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[son-of-satire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:28:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a Post Fit for Fat Ducks]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nice, sturdy post: Olympus Stylus 1s, 110mm, ISO200, f3.5, 1/50s Minutes later, the fat duck started defecating on it, turning it into a shit post. Still, that is better than buying votes; vote buyers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ocrdu/this-is-a-post-fit-for-a-fat-duck</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ocrdu/this-is-a-post-fit-for-a-fat-duck</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ocrdu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 09:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpmLGMgYUfensdr2M8CKwtc8H6Pe4YWiRGyTf3HYSh25J5pKGQTg2FqSRd9TnBrKC3aht?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Votes are like nectar ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... they should be diligently gathered and earned, not bought. Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/500s Vote buying hurts Steemit and Steemians alike. Repent and mend your ways. Here are some flowers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@ocrdu/votes-are-like-nectar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@ocrdu/votes-are-like-nectar</guid><category><![CDATA[piglet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ocrdu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 09:36:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPHVCq7pg2nHXw7boUVdNwpkzdGn382nvae69p9WCeu61nPdjxQFqczTtMc6jVeitkWfdt1eSAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ULOG #2: Vote Buying in The Philippines is ALMOST ORDINARY!! Grrrrrrrr!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Daddy-in-law came this afternoon and handed me this folded paper from a friend that is supposedly meant to buy my dignity and suffrage! My situation can't be considered vote buying though since it came]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ulog/@hesaid/ulog-2-vote-buying-in-the-philippines-is-almost-ordinary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ulog/@hesaid/ulog-2-vote-buying-in-the-philippines-is-almost-ordinary</guid><category><![CDATA[ulog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hesaid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 13:58:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLkrB7FBXz661M3jSkYWYGrvwA9pNazm9fTQ5S2gtzB5cbPcw43mbayAWR8TyYz7rqtJRThnyucWpsnEqpuUgpbGwFvjJMdfste13Kv9cKeMbUyxfMED43U6Lki5Z1ZMQzikE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Communiqué from the Church of Piglet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beware: the Church of Piglet strives to unfollow all vote buyers, and convince others to do the same. Join the flock of the Tribe of Good Intent and go in peace, or rather, read and resteem The Church]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@ocrdu/2akmtk-official-communique-from-the-church-of-piglet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/piglet/@ocrdu/2akmtk-official-communique-from-the-church-of-piglet</guid><category><![CDATA[piglet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ocrdu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 11:21:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QLrGDQoMBsiBDeAshWDfDF5X72KSaZDe1tEdXa56597bvmzAqBPZLpe9EZ74SZHVKK4NgqdAjtkGT1CQjSVyAJi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>