Warning. A long post is about to strike

Hello. I have been blogging after a really long time but this time i am back with a bit serious topic.

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Now those who have joined Steemit recently might not be aware of the slight changes that this community underwent (and i am somewhat suffering from one of these). So let's begin-

• Steemit just got more demanding.
  Any old minnow would have realised by now that the competition in Steemit is getting tougher day by day (like literally 'day by day'). By an estimate made about 4 months ago, Steemit gets over 8000 new users on a daily basis. I mean, just imagine how tough it has become to stay distinct and extraordinary as everyone is up with something new.
• Fake followers.
  By fake followers, i don't mean bots. I mean real humans who just follow you for the sake of following. I mean i myself have got about 400 followers but all i get is 10 to 15 upvotes per post. So it is important you must get involved in conversation with people (be it in the comments or in Steemit.chat) who are eager to read what you write and clearly i have failed in doing so.
• The need to Upvote.
  What most minnows (most, not all) do these days is just posting. They completely forget that they can also upvote other people's posts. They don't upvote i mean almost 80 percent minnows whose profile i have visited have voting power more than 90.
• People don't read these days.
  Basically, Steemit is a place where you blog and express yourself. But how would that be possible if people don't read your posts. I am just completely unable to understand the current situation here. There are very few people who actually read posts. I fear clickbait may get started in Steemit if this goes on.

Thank you for reading this post (Only if someone's reading it. If you are reading and have reached till here then please comment : ) ).

I would ask any dolphin or whale that reads this post to kindly reblog it so that people may get aware and change a bit.

Lastly I am very sorry if someone feels offended from this post. I never had any intentions of doing so.