When I arrived onto steemit in May, I didn’t know anything about anything. Let’s just say I took my time discovering this new bizarre playground.
I made a post, and suddenly within seconds I got over 50 upvotes. I turned to my wife excitedly and said over 70 people liked my blog! I’m going to be on the trending page! I’m appreciated! Well, it didn’t make it onto trending, and all those votes
turned into 0.20 cents?!
Well to my surprise, I found out all those votes came from one account. My excitement turned into more of a sour feeling. I actually felt a little let down! I got excited over nothing..
I know I am currently on some great steemian’s upvote bots. It’s appreciated, but at the same time, do my friendly upvote bot followers even like what I have to say? Do they not have to read my crap anymore? Not to bite the “hand” that feeds me, but I’m kinda feeling like I’m getting love from a doll. It looks good, but is it the same as the real thing?
It would be tempting to just post utter shit to find out. However, that’s not me. I’m sure I’ll get flagged eventually as well. We as steemians should respect that this place is not meant for spam. Sure we all take advantage of good situations, but I would rather post something of value.
I am trying to envision steemit without the bots. I am assuming they didn’t exist at some point. Was steemit more of what it was supposed to be? Or is it supposed to be like this in the present. I am seriously wondering if we move out of the beta stage without bots. I’m sure my blog will go down in value as I really don’t know if my followers will manually curate. I guess we will have to just find out. I am excited that we are still in beta. I am really hoping the finished product is something spectacular.
