The voting seems to be more about building networks than about funding content creation. Unfortunately, there really is no way to fix this dynamics. Even plankton accounts tend to use their upvotes to gain attention.

But I agree that good netizens on HIVE should be aware of the problem and work to fund good content.

PS: Plagiarism is another huge problem. Plagiarists are known to steal good content from other platforms. Many times I've supported accounts that turned out to be nothing but copied content.

Bad experiences with plagiarists mean that when great content appears on the platform, people suspect that it was plagiarized.

One final problem is that meaningful content has a tendency to tweak egos. People do not like to upvote content that challenges their world view.

A great example is that substantive criticisms of HIVE rarely work, while posts that blindly applaud the actions of the whales get huge votes.

I've finally reconciled the fact that HIVE will never serve as the perfect platform for funding content creation and accept that social networking is more about networking than content.

!hivebits