<center>https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmahaZstYxDry4Gz28w3dNP15mHb6DWyV7kNxd4CPZR79x/rntthumb.png<sub>_(Drawn version of me by @kryptik)._</sub></center>

_I'm one of the few people who admit to scroll through their own feeds and are happy to do so. I only follow those who make interesting content and don't spam the platform with nonsense._

Of course, I don't just scroll. If I see something that catches my attention, I open the posts, read through them and take the action they deserve (whether it be just an upvote or that accompanied by a comment and / or resteem). 

Sadly, most of what I see is undervalued and has the unfulfilled potential of earning more than they end up earning. 

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Besides my own feed, I like to explore the #introduceyourself tag in case there's any new blogs that would interest me. 

But what do I mostly see there? Alongside companies, vloggers and not-intro-posts at all, I see really short posts full of typos and some blurry selfie getting 40... no, even 80 dollars worth of upvotes. 

> I started writing [my own intro post](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@kristves/the-introduceyourself-post-you-ve-been-waiting-for-cause-i-ve-been-here-for-months) when my account was around 2 months old. With a demanding baby by my side, lack of motivation and writer's block, that task became unnecessarily difficult. It took me around three months to add the last finishing touch and say "fuck it, it's now or never". I was quite proud of my post (well, except for the selfie from a couple of years back) and got a decent payout of around $15 in total... followed by two more upvotes - one of $10 and the other of $16 dollars that didn't count, as they arrived the night after the payout. <sub>(Wow, thanks...).</sub>
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> Before you even tell me I gotta be thankful I even got that much, I have to say it's close to impossible when I pour my sweat, blood and tears to accomplish posts I find have great quality to them and they're valued less than a post where someone calls everyone "dear", demands "God" to "bless" them, have a shitty stolen photo with no credits to the author and tag a bunch of people for "upvote4upvote".

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But it's not just intro posts. You can see this kind of shit happening all around Steemit!

Sure, some of them are buying the high upvotes. In that case it'd be perfect if the seller would establish a whitelist-blacklist system like @minnowbooster has. Of course, that will never happen, as vote sellers don't care what they vote for as long as they get paid good.

Still, when we put the vote buyers aside and concentrate on genuine whale votes, it makes me wonder: What the fuck are you doing, whales? Do you even open the posts you upvote for? Do you have nothing better to do with your money?

**Here, let me show you a couple of options that will make users like me a little less pissed off at you:**

Why not actually start reading what you vote for? You know, manual curation, like @acidyo does. <sub>(This post is not sponsored by the forementioned user. Please, don't think he made or wanted me to write this. I don't want to get in trouble nor cause anything bad to happen to and against him).</sub> 

Or if you're too lazy, please, delegate to a curation project that actually treasures those who put effort in their creation! I could name several of projects of that sort: OCD, STEM, Curie (recently lost delegation)... just look around and you'll find something!

Ooor find yourself your own personal minnow you either delegate to or vote-follow them and make sure they're the kind that's basically a one-man-curator.


# MAKE. A. FUCKING. CHANGE!!!
_// mic drop_
<sub>/rant. (#1)</sub>

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_**PS!** If this gets flagged a bunch, then so be it. I guess that's my destiny and my dream of earning and saving up enough to get a mortgage is not to be fulfilled even a little by my contributions on the lovely platform of Steemit._