Great, simple post, easy to read with precious info.
I would suggest only to add http://catchawhale.com as best reference to decide what is the best time to post :)

I think art is on the move up, especially when accompanied by good writing. I think we are creating whales every day with diverse interests.

Hmm... Yeah I can see the whales living in Boulder, CO now, very much about the outdoor travel and the weed and the tech behind the platform, reading Edward Abbey and Jon Krakauer but not much fiction.  

As you say, they're sculpting the platform, and steering users in or out through the endorsements they make, and the flavors of content they encourage. That said, there's a guy serializing an original fiction story who's making 1k per episode, sometimes for some very short chapters, so someone is hosting him. 

But it can feel like you're reading the recent alumni newsletter from an Ivy League school, all the global backpacking and tech and pot...

I am a silly robot!

Valid points. Liked your simple presentation. I created a post for the ones who are little frustrated now https://steemit.com/motivational/@dev/feeling-a-bit-frustrated-i-think-you-are-a-dark-knight-here-is-how-i-prove-it

To clarify a bit for those that are new to STEEM I will add this detail.
When STEEM pays out 1 $ worth of rewards (whether from posting, commenting or upvoting) it simply creates the new units "out of thin air". This has the effect of diluting everyone's STEEM holdings since the supply has increased but your personal wallet's balance has not.
The way to protect yourself from this dilution is to Power Up.
What does this do you might be axkin '?
Well, for every 1 $ worth of STEEM created to pay for content & curation there are 9 $ worth of STEEM created to send to those that have powered up.

So you should only hold STEEM if you are planning on selling it, or sending it to someone. Do not hold it for a long time since it is being diluted little by little by everyday's payouts.
Power it up and you will lock in your value.

Hope this helps complement the main post!
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A good read indeed! I've been on the platform for 3 days now. And am still observing when is the best time to post and other factors to consider, and this post pretty sums up what I've been observing.

Great post and layout.

Happy steeming :)

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https://steemit.com/steemit/@jillstein2016/steemit-will-be-bigger-than-facebook

https://steemit.com/upvoting/@jl777/why-whales-are-needed-and-a-proposal-to-insure-the-massive-success-of-steemit has a proposal of mine that will maximize the desired effects

It is for this reason that whales need to create more whales with wider knowledge bases! Whales need to make a science whale, an art whale, a mathematics whale, poetry whale, literature whale. We need people that can recognize good content in a variety of fields, not just crypto. Unfortunately right now as things are the whales are very knowledgeable in their areas, but really don't vote enough content up outside of that!

Take my post for example: https://steemit.com/science/@justtryme90/science-lesson-dna-part-1

I did not intend for this post to be entertaining per say, but rather informative. However I don't know that the whales here have a strong basis of knowledge in this field, but I personally do, and I have a degree to back it up as well as a publication record in peer reviewed journals. I don't expect it to garner attention, but rather to exist on this site, such that if someone at some point searched for it, it would be there!

I like that you brought up that art posts are struggling, They REALLY are! I posted an entire coloring book on here, and It received very little attention.  I hope the Art subject will gain a bit of popularity in the future.

I Like the suggestions you made, We all can't be recognized by a whale all the time, but there are certainly things that we can do to help get noticed.  I often find great articles with bad pictures and titles. It's disappointing really, An extra 10 minutes invested would probably make a really big difference!

I wrote another post if you want to check it out.
https://steemit.com/life/@kaylinart/why-do-people-choose-to-fail

the only relevant whale is mentioned here 

https://steemit.com/fishing/@knozaki2015/huge-whale-meeting-eddy-willis-at-half-moon-bay

Good one! I have been observing the platform for the last days and I jumped to the same conclusions. If, from one side, I understand that the online reputation is an important element to guarantee the quality of posts in the platform (trustable people voting the quality of content), on the other side this makes really difficult for new authors to emerge since, as you say between the lines, been read is super difficult. I saw amazing posts with few votes and silly ones with many. One thinks 'WTF!'.
Ethically speaking, it is not democratic (not saying it is wrong, eh!) but there is a risk to build a medieval system where who arrived early gained a strong reputation difficult to beat. Said that, it reminds me a bit the reddit system and the karma points. And it works... Of course I do not have the solution and this is only my personal fresh (I am a newbie) consideration so I would love to have an exchange of opinion with you, people.
Just joined so I am going to introduce myself soon. I joined steemit coz I like the philosophy behind it and I feel like I can write my posts and have an honest feedback, which is something really difficult to have in the other overcrowded channels. 
Love and neediness! :)

The whales are elitists.

I would love to help people overcoming addiction, abuse, rape, the hate directed at the LGBT community but have no voice. I have overcome these hurdles using mindfulness training and meditation. I wish I had the power to share the success.

So..... you're saying we're screwed. 

https://youtu.be/jx0TjNuxfWI

Hi @dmitriybtc and thanks for the helpful tips. While the idea of writing and building a following is not new, Steemit is. And like every new platform, they each have their own way of doing things (or the same way of doing things with a different title).  As a newbie here, I'm excited about the possibilities - but as an old writer, I wonder if the whales (whoever they are) will keep this site sustainable.
Anyway - thank you for the information. I'm looking forward to reading more from you. Have a great weekend!

so...it's just happened with you) congrats!

https://steemit.com/steemit/@nippel66/why-whalers-controlls-ewerything-and-you-dont

Who knows what they are truly looking for though? Maybe we should focus on the masses as some will eventually become whales at some point. I think the dynamics will continuously change.

Great! Whales are very influential here :)

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It is a good read... will try to follow all the factors that you mentioned when I am writing. Thanks.

Awesome post!

Amazing post two years later but I'm the new guy so... Thanks for the info.....

True that, Great post! I'll listen out for advice on that stuff more often. I just started doing guitar lessons on my blog so hoping that can attract some people. So far, so good. I'll keep what you've said in mind for the next lessons and 'serious' blogs I do. Having fun either way :) Privilege to even be here.

You know, I'm not interesting, maybe because I only posted some camping pictures at the sea, but I'm trying to space from tech tutorials to how defend yourself by malwares. And sometimes I put my story in it. like this one I posted today,it's more like a reason of why I don't like living in Italy. I won't link it here cause it will look like spam, I don't want to disturb anybody with spam, if you really want to know the reasons, click on my nick. And yes I know, whales will not touch me, because I'm not trendy. I just invested all I had in bitcoin in steem it is very low the amount, but  "In Steem I trust"

Good post!