If you post using certain platforms, your post gets more visibility from the account behind the platform and its more likely that you get a significant vote from them. This vote, by itself, could be the one making your post a succesful one -whatever that may be - and these platforms are supporting so many users it is astounding.
I have one word for these platforms and this situation: Awesomeness.
These platforms are improving the steemcosystem so much, and the amount of delegated Steem power they were given is being used correctly to encourage users to use these tools, to support Steemians who post quality content. I admire the curators behind these accounts because the content they vote on is great 99% of the time - solid percentage if you ask me.
The ideas and the people behind these projects is exactly what Steem - the coin - needs to keep getting stronger organically. We need more projects like these, and less bidbots, making good use of delegated Steem Power but that´s another story...
I´m not here to speak about these platforms and delegations or their voting behaviour because I wouldn´t have anything to write except: They are doing what they are supposed to, and they are doing it amazingly.
I´m here to write about the authors posting through these Steem front-ends.
First of all, these platforms were created to encourage mass adoption. The more people that posts through DTube, DLive, Utopian, Dmania etc, the more succesful the platform could be.
But lately, while browsing the tags used by posts that publish through DDU (DTube/DLive/Utopian), I noticed that some of them, had the same authors being rewarded over and over.
Nothing wrong with that, awesome content deserves great rewards and it is not in the curators side of the field to say who posts or who doesn´t, a curators job is to browse posts and vote on the content that deserves a vote in exchange of the quality and effort within the post, no matter who makes the post. As a matter of fact, the author behind the post is unimportant when you are curating, what matters is the content.
On the other hand, if we analyze this situation with a more critical eye, the same authors being rewarded over and over actually hurts these various front-ends.
But what can these platforms do if the same users keep posting amazing content 2-3 times a day? They are going to vote on it because the post deserves it and because their reason to be is encouraging more people to use their tools, by voting on the content that deserves it.
This situation got me thinking...
Content creator, Don´t think of
/
/
as your personal clinched voter!
Think about it like this: Your content is awesome, it deserves being voted everytime and I won´t ask you to stop posting via these platforms, after all, you are helping to spread the word with your posts about these amazing front-ends and you, as a succesful content creator are helping mass adoption.
But everytime you post your amazing content, it takes away visibility from other people who are adopting or are posting via DDU (DTube/DLive/Utopian) for the first time. They might not get a big vote or might get a smaller vote because of your second post - that is amazing - of the day using DDU got a vote... we all know the reward pool and DDU´s Steem Power is limited.
We want mass adoption on DDU, and every post made counts, but if a newbie sees the same author being rewarded every day or twice a day - again, even if it is deserved - and they look at their freshly made post get scraps - and it might or may not deserve a big vote - they probably won´t use DDU again.
I know we all want rewards and if a posting strategy works for you, you will keep using it. If your amazing content is being rewarded by DDU, it is only logical that you continue posting using the front-end available that is supporting your content.
All I´m saying is: Give some room for new adopters, those who will help mass adoption, we need the numbers to reach mass adoption. So step away for a while, don´t post everyday using DDU.
Think of DDU as a great tool, but not the only ones, and not as your personal voter. Let other people receive some love too, because if you keep posting twice a day your amazing content that deserves a DDU vote, there are some newbies that will not get a vote, and they might also deserve it.
That is the reason why I use DTube once or twice a week. It might not make a big difference, but the way I like to see it is, if I am not getting rewarded every day, it means someone else is, and I sure hope it is a newbie.
Bottom line: DDU will keep voting awesome content, it depends of us if we let other users get visibility.