WARNING: This GIF may cause psychological trauma... (sarcasm) Here's some leaked, gruesome footage released by an anonymous minnow today. It's a depiction of minnows risking their lives to hunt for whales.

@calva bot is busy spamming threads with the same pricing message hoping to rake upvotes. Right now, it seems that the bot is designed to give downvotes to anyone that downvotes @calva in the threads.

There's a lot of discussion on Steem regarding whales. So much in fact, that the #whales section is being flooded with discussions and rapidly growing as I type this. If you're new to Steem, a whale is

It's clear that Steem, as any growing platform, is dealing with some serious growing pains. It's making some of us rightfully annoyed and frustrated. As of this writing @masteryoda is ready to throw in

I'm in shock how this platform has experienced such enormous growth in such a short amount of time!  How I found Steemit When I came on the Steemit platform a few days ago (July 9th), I didn't know