I don't know if you've realized but its like the past one week people have stopped upvoting. Whales, dolphins and minnows alike just read and pass. Upvoting doesn't have that much incentive for whales anymore, lets say a whale who's one vote is worth $100 would rather write a simple post then upvote himself and in so doing it will get some reaction and by the first 24 hours it will be north of $300. So if a whale makes 10 posts a day and votes on their own posts in a day they stand to make $3,000.
SOME ARE OUTSOURCING EXPERTS WRITERS FROM FREELANCING PLATFORMS TO WRITE SIMPLE 300 WORD POSTS FOR $10 THEN WHEN THEY POST ON STEEMIT IT GARNERS $300+
it's not a crime to outsource, actually it's a smart business decision but for minnows like me will never grow if this continues being a habit. The steemit community should be supportive of each other because its us vs the world.
The saddest part is that even minnows don't vote for other minnows and upvoting bots are the only kind people because they upvote indiscriminately. I hope this changes.
Yours truly minnow,
Erick jongo