Alright people, so I'm not going to rehash the same shit I've gone over a million times. Okay, maybe just a little:
The Steemit system rewards users who purchase paid upvotes
Your content doesn't need to be good to hit the Trending page
Most content on the Trending page is shit
Most content that's NOT on the Trending page is also shit
New people don't put enough effort into their work here because they assume they will be rewarded with STEEM anyway because that's just how the platform is designed
They eventually get frustrated once they learn that virtually all exposure on here is purchased
Furthermore, there is a learning curve with the vote bots and most people will lose money while they learn
Meanwhile, the Trending page is full of poorly written posts that nobody reads
The common "wisdom" on this platform is that if you just try hard enough, someday you'll make it
People are encouraged to leave comments and "engage" with other users, which leads to 75% of comments being of the generic "great post" variety
Users who hit the Trending page don't put effort into their posts because they know they don't need to
Users who don't have enough money/balls to use voting bots don't put effort into their posts because they can't afford it
The result? A lot of shitty, low effort posts and comments that nobody is reading. Meanwhile, some whales are getting richer by super circle-jerking each other and self-voting their own posts. Nobody's happy.
