That's the spirit, but there is something paradoxal on Steemit. With lots of SteemPower, you'll get lot of upvotes even if your post is bad. And in order to get lots of SteemPower you have to get upvotes from whales.

very good post you. I just did a post about how the payout here is so much better than any other platform right now. Please consider upvoting it. I just upvoted you! I just posted steemit's first pool meeting where I talk about my initial thoughts about it. Check it out!
https://steemit.com/steemit/@angelinaalba/why-i-evacuated-every-one-of-my-posts

As a blogger I agree with you 100%, I was working on google ads and steemit in my opinion is much more easy than blogging on blogspot or wrodpress, some some 1k visit don't worth a cent, I believe in steemit and I know that soon or later I will make money, thank you for this wonderful post hope you keep giving good posts for steemians

Nice to see your stoic possition but it does not fix the  extreme inequality problem

Very Good Post!!!
https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/07/21/Ilovesteemkit18d05.jpg

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Lol, man. That's my article you are referring at. I didn't complain about their power. I complained about the way they are using their power. Especially the whale using a bot to vote on a predetermined group of posters was my concern. 

Of course the number of votes are important too. But I want those votes to be the result of people seeing real value in my post. Not because people saw 2 whales voted me and then suddenly everyone starts jumping on it because it is a trending post that will generate money when they upvote me. This is also expressed in the article.

It's humans like you that gives humans like me hope. Thank you

great post you have my up-vote its not worth much but i guess you are ok with that :)

really well said @steve-walschot 8]

I upvoted You

#minnowcodeofconduct

Live your PASSION, and dont let a single thing get in your way, even a number.

Coming from Reddit, posts are ordered based on the number of votes. But what makes me stick to Reddit is the ability to express my opinion, and discuss the topic with other people from around the world. That's what kicks me. 

It's the same for Steemit, with the added bonus of the possibility of earning something. 

That said, right now, for most people here, it is most definitely about the money earned.

This is so true @steve-walschot, I'm very passionate about my country and I love the fact that through the use of this powerful platform we can place Colombia in the map, besides the monetary issue involved. I'm not an expert blogger, writer, youtuber, etc but I've found a hidden passion in writing and there's no better feeling than to let all your thoughts, emotions, ideas out and is very gratifying when people appreciate what you talk to them about through the articles. I use instagram and facebook a lot to publish pictures about my life and my country but none of them ever went past 60 likes and the day I published for the first time to the public worldwide on steemit i had about 379 uptvotes and that was a feeling I had never felt and can't describe.

Greetings from Colombia!

Thank you!

So you don't care about money. You should not care about votes either. You should only care about creating what you value. 

But the money and votes represent the steemit communitys ability to value your creation.

Never listen to the nay sayers... Always do you no matter what! Keep Steeming #steem One Love

Agree with you . my post get 19$ about 40 upvote . i knew how good if all that 40 person are whales seeing all those upvote is okay for me . :) 
If you dont mind please do drop by in my blog check my stuff up thanks !

I've been following you and I truly enjoy your article. I'm glad that more comments and upvotes motivate you to contribute more. When I post in reddit, I'm glad that people read it and engage discussion with about about the post. Via those discussion, I gain more knowledge and insight about the topic. It's sad that Steem become toxic as people downvoting for no reason (Well I downvote if the post in wrong category) and a lot of complain post regarding whale voting each other topic their post on top. Initially I thought of that also until one of the Steem user explain to me. My suggestion to you, screw the naysayers and downvoters  (Unless you got downvoted due to posting in wrong category). Haters will hate. Keep writing and contributing to this community. There's a lot of good people out here looking forward to gain new knowledge and insight. N I'm one of fan of your writings and always looking forward to your post and engage with your on more fruitful discussion.

Great thinking Steve-walschot, i appreciate your thoughts and warm wishes for you here in STEEM community.

yawn yet another post bashing critics to appease the whales.
critics are essential in bringing steemit forward and improving it, just like they are essential in any democratic society.

I explain at Area 51 how Steemit is free market opinion machine. 

https://steemit.com/area/@steve-mcclair/area-51-steemit-has-arrived#comments

you got it :) thanks