Are You Short or Long Steem Ecosystem Committed

In his post At a Crossroad, Hive account@ocd founder Hive account@acidyo wonders whether he should continue on the ethical side, playing the long game, and not use any upvote bot services or whether he should cave in an pursue the fast returns:

Having come to terms that vote buying is now a natural thing due to linear rewards and the door of endless possibilities the current algorithm enables, it still makes me a bit icky knowing that if not all users use them those that don't will be losing out instead.

Which in turn makes me question my own actions on the blockchain, am I the one being dumb cause I don't use them out of ethics? Should I not care about the rewards my big posts take out of the majority of minnows indirectly by me vote buying knowing with the rewards those posts will get me I'll be able to buy more votes on my next posts?

It is an interesting self-debate to have, and hold, and I suggest that everybody who doesn’t know Hive account@acidyo hops over to read his self-report. The debate he is having with himself.

The debate between the business devil on his shoulder and the ethical angel, both shouting for attention.

Check out Hive account@acidyo’s post here.

Hey there, this is @FknMayhem's alt account.

Here I mostly tumbl (resteem with added commentary and attitude or snark, a form of advanced curation Steem doesn't offer), zapp, post to forums, and submit other miscellaneous mischief. The latter which may or may not include more personal content.

There may be days it can be noisy around here, follow at your own risk. Alternatively, follow my attempts at more in-depth own content on my main account, @FknMayhem.

I am also on zeh Titter. Feel free to pitch me your worthy suggestions there. But make them worth my time. Once Steemit has an option to integrate `beneficiaries` when posting, 50% of each curated post’s rewards will go to the original content creator.