The whales can't do anything right, can they ?
If they power down, they cash in on all those buy walls and the STEEM price is tanking.
If they keep their power, the system is unfair, because minnows can't power up.
If they vote, it's usually unfair, because they didn't take enough time to find the hidden gem.
If they don't vote ... well ...
So everybody is crying to decentralize the voting power.
They come up with curation pools. To me this sounds like centralization
Whales aside
I expected, that with the rise of dolphins the system would balance out.
I expected the new middle class to be empathic and welcoming.
They would know the struggle and support their followers, I thought.
Turns out: They don't really care.
In Steem.chat, it's harder to get a reply from a dolphin, than from a whale.
We have these new stars shooting up, and they are sitting on 99.5% Voting Power.
0.5% down from upvoting their own material
Most dolphins aren't the heroes I expected them to become.
Cash in all SBD and transfer it out: ok
Cash in on reposting/featuring your followers: hm ok
Too lazy to spend 20 minutes of your day reading: hm k
Not even voting with 1% on a comment under your post, that you even answered to and agreed on: not ok
Taking someones idea from their blog and not leaving a single vote: disrespectful
Featuring a post, but not voting for the OC: come on ...
If we can't establish an etiquette, the value of this platform will probably not increase.
All the talk about fairness and donations: Voting Power is free !
Why are you not using it ?
I will try to offer my services through streemian by xeroc, if I can manage.
I vote a lot.
If you feel like you want to put your voting powers to use, I could curate for you, then.
Some minnows struggle for a cent, even though they provide adorable, easy to vote on content.
It would be much better though, if the dolphins just moved their mouse a little more and clicked.