Hive account@lexiconical thank you for sharing about the circle jerks because I was just talking with my friends about that! The difference with linear voting is that now everyone can participate whereas before the biggest whales could do the most epic circle jerks but most everyone else could not do much more than watch!

I read the articles you linked to and another one after that and made a few comments because I believe our upvotes do need to do the most good! Allowing circle jerks to consume a significant percentage of all rewards leaves out everyone that has not found a circle to jerk with! LOL

I am very grateful for every upvote I receive and try to thank those voting with the most power however I can from comments to shout outs and whatever else I can offer!

I try to focus my votes on bringing posts up from under a $1 to $5 or $10 because I think that has the highest impact for our future. I am grateful for every upvote I receive especially the high power ones. While I normally do not curse, I think I said something like holy shit when I saw the $800 upvote come in right away on this post today and whatever I did to earn that I hope I keep doing it!