«-ENGAGEMENT-»
I've been observing with great concern and some sadness the poor amount of comments and the very little interaction between steemians since this last friday night throughout the steem blockchain.
And certainly this past saturday has been one of the worst in terms of interaction. So I had to ask myself. ¿What the heck is happening now?
¿WUSSUP MILKERS?
- Would most of you have suddenly contracted the coronavirus or what?
Given the source...
- Didn't you know these newfangled viruses are not made to last?
Yeah! look and click on the first picture above. And then you will know what true speculation really is. It doesn't pan out just on crypto markets, you know? And that's precisely what leads me to speculate a little more in this post. ¿02 02 2020? <--Aren't these figures enough reasons to speculate?
Yeah! let's speculate!!
What I suspect and I have a major hunch.
Is the fact that no one is commenting, MILKING and interacting on other people posts and great content. Simply because lately no one seems to be upvoting and rewarding their brilliant and thoughtful comments anymore.
So, why bother?
Or in other words: ¿Why waste gunpowder on vultures?
Because I also have a strong feeling that I know very well what is the virus that is now producing this pandemic of lack of engagement.
The 2e12 virus strain.
Code name n^2/(n+1). Yup, this strange convergent linear curve 'protein' inserted into the core genome of the major EIP virus inside its RNA and amino acid strings, has been clearly the culprit. Since the power & stamina of everyone votes went straight to the drain. As for the capability of grant significant monetary rewards means. The strength of our upvotes were instantly reduced to almost nothing.
And that is how a new disease arose.
Its name: "50/50 Curation"
Yep, suddenly everyone understood that apart of that weird n^2/(n+1) protein. Also was introduced and inserted inside the EIP RNA another unconventional and undesirable timely new aminoacid.
The reduction from 15 minutes to only 5 minutes to read and upvote a post to be able to earn a pinch of this brandnew 50% curation reward.
So, ¿What has everyone done so far?
Oh! ¡Elementary my dear Watson!
Everyone rushed to join those automated voting trails or create their own autovote trail selecting their own favorite authors in a desperate attempt to not miss a single bite of that 50% of the curation cake. Me included!!
Steem autovoting services like Steemauto, Steemvoter, Streemian, SteemFollower, steem-autovote-bot tool, steem-fossbot-voter, Steem-Upvote-Bot browser extension and many more which comes and go.
Automation has been the main game here for the last six months since the HF21/HF22.
Because, quite frankly... ¿How the hell one here can read entirely a post in just five minutes. And then upvote these posts manually and consciously after reading it with the hopes to earn a minimal pinch of the pie curation rewards? Here now the thing is: "Pay first and Consume later"
Therefore, with so many automations to make a dime. Who the heck is in real time really paying attention to comments, feedback, engagement & interaction which pays a flying shit. erm... I mean, a flying speck of dust!!
¿Can you see the true illness now?
Hence, whoever told you that they are here just by the community. That's just a big fat lie. Everyone knows that whoever is still active here will want earn something. ¡Something! E.v.e.r.y.o.n.e.!! ¡All the time!
But yeah. I've been digressing.
Everything I wanted to say in this post. Is that today is a very curious and mysterious date. "02 02 2020" A palindrome. A date of the year that looks clearly cabalistic. One of those curious dates that will not be repeated again in several years. I think it's yelling out loud I'm praying for a change.
Ha, and to think that this was going to be just my seventh and last post for The Milk Challenge and also my first entry for the "The Third Nonsense Writing Contest" of 
