Is Steem worth our time anymore? by mikepm74

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life · @mikepm74 · Jul 20 '19

$1.91

Is Steem worth our time anymore?

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This is going to be a short one. Because the length of the post really doesn't seem to have much bearing these days. All of my votes are automated, and so are most of my comments.

Take a look at the image above. All of the payouts are within 75 cents of each other, upvote counts range from 58-65 with the strange anomaly of the crypto post getting 164 votes with nearly no impact on the post payout, and the three circled comment numbers all come direct from bots.

In fact, I even managed to get the same vote value and comments out of a post titled Meep with the entire post content being Moop. That's it, Moop....

I am "losing STEEM" by not posting daily since I have automated votes coming in, but I just can't convince myself to come up with useful content to share with bots.

On the flip side, I can't (YET) bring myself to just automatically posting an image each day to collect those votes.

At the same time, I am not spending time getting out there and engaging either. I don't have the time to put in to this platform that I once did, so I guess I am part of the problem.

I was listening in to @crimsonclad today on her Saturday @mspwaves show and she made a point about not waiting to Steem Inc to fix the platform for us. But if not Steem Inc then who? Not me, that's all I can really tell you. I don't have the time, background, or skills to bring back what seems like a mostly dead platform.

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@chesatochi · Jul 20 '19

The platform is not dead but evolve toward tribes.

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👍 oldtimer.leo

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@darkmrmystic · Jul 20 '19

It's hard not gamimg the system.

I share my actifit posts daily and get my 4-11 cents in automated upvotes.

When I actually post something? Nothing really changes in the value it is upvoted. I did get some true comments though....

We will see if this new HF21 "saves" Steemit...

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@honusurf · Jul 20 '19

Downvote courtesy @themarkysatan-soulcollectorbot!
Thanks! U been warned! TRADE COMPLETE!
You support the guy that un-supports me!

👎 abusereports, iflagtrash

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@honusurf · Jul 20 '19

I'll be watching u lonely eye!

👎 abusereports, iflagtrash

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@geekpowered · Jul 20 '19

>I guess I am part of the problem.

At least you realize it.

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@ma1neevent · Jul 20 '19

It does take some effort, getting out there and commenting on people's posts. I have been trying to do more myself, but It is hard if you are busy. Even just popping by people's posts that you interact with to say hello is something! :-)

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@preparedwombat · Jul 20 '19

>I am "losing STEEM" by not posting daily since I have automated votes coming in

Meh, the move to 50/50 will help. Less pressure to post.

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@steem-plus · Jul 20 '19

SteemPlus upvote

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@steem-ua · Jul 21 '19

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Your **UA** account score is currently 4.563 which ranks you at **#1976** across all Steem accounts.
Your rank has dropped 1 places in the last three days (old rank 1975).

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@steem.leo · Jul 20 '19

The attention is shifting greatly to communities and tribes. SMTs are not here yet and who knows when they will be. What we do know is that we can create content, participate and engage within niche communities and bring back the high quality attention and traffic that Steemit once dominated with. #steemleo is dedicated to this mission within the investing/financial niche. 

P.s. we have a writing contest (ending tomorrow) about what investing means to you. [Join](https://steempeak.com/steemleo/@steem.leo/introducing-a-new-leo-token-sink-and-writing-contest-or-the-leo-weekly-writing-contest-for-investment-content) and get both your bot upvotes and the possibility of earning a bunch of SBI shares 😉

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@summertooth · Jul 20 '19

https://youtu.be/grbSQ6O6kbs

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@totyahmed731993 · Jul 20 '19

Looks forward to steem being back like on the last year
at least 1 usd worth

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@tts · Jul 20 '19

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