Hi Steemit, I'm NoSugar.
I'm a user that has noticed a lot of Steemians upvoting and commenting on content, giving them praise for work that is nothing more than a shitpost at best. The problem here is that people are afraid to give their honest opinions on the subject and content being produced in fear of not getting followers, upvotes, or, even worse, getting flagged.
I realize that there are some people out there that aren't afraid to speak their mind at all, but the majority fabricate sincerity or don't say anything at all. Complimenting a post with a objectively terrible set of photos or with a story that's poorly written isn't going to benefit anyone or the community. There's no improvement to be had from comments that hold no meaning or purpose, such as, 'Nice post' and 'Please follow and upvote'.
As a community, we should try to create original and genuine content that could potentially generate an organic following and/or approval, rather than doing it only for personal gain, whether that's SBD, SP or followers.
The way things are, in order to get featured at the top of the 'Trending' or 'Hot' page all you have to do is either already have a massive following or pump upwards of 20 SBD into a bidbot. This only perpetuates the continuous presence of poor posts that tarnishes Steemit's reputation for curating quality content. Furthermore, it makes it extremely difficult for a minnow with original ideas to be noticed and rewarded for their work.
What I want to achieve and be able to do is to have an unedited and unfiltered interaction with the community. The idea here is to respond to a user without a sugar-coating and to give constructive criticism where improvement is to be had. A lot of users tend to express their feelings about other people's self promotion and spamming in a post, rather than directly addressing the guilty parties first hand. Although my comments may sometimes come across as me being a dick, know that they are brutally honest and as constructive as can be. I feel people need to know when they're merely taking up space and not contributing in any way to benefit Steemit.
It's a harsh reality but someone has to do it. I'm willing to take one for the team by suffering the barrage of flags I may receive in expressing what I feel is the voice of many other users.
I promise to be as objective as possible without abusing my anonymity and leaving hurtful comments just for the sake of being an asshole. I will attempt to be Steemit's unbiased and partisan social justice superhero we all want and need.
So do your best and wish you'll never see my name pop up on your post's comments section, for I bring a ruthless wrath in my wake --insert evil laugh here--
Sincerely,
NoSugar
