329 posts in a month.. ugh...

>March 2017 Votes
>![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQpPcknxMiizNYvyreBgsUAguFMghR8ziwcASnZnL3kEJ/image.png)
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>March 2018 Votes
>![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdsjCPLiCdE84kfLoFjdLfbf4fRTD6iKa67Xfpv4Y4bGJ/image.png)

This is pathetic. Completely ignoring the fact that Downvotes have declined as a percentage of total votes, it's clear that active curation across the platform has drastically declined.

- 1 vote per post went from 0.51% of total votes to 13.29%. Mathematically, that's more than a 2600% increase! Indicating a significant decline in voter participation.
- 2 to 10 votes per post went from 11.97% of total votes to 50.25%. Nearly a 420% increase! Another indication of declined voter participation.
- 11 to 50 votes per post went from 42.49% of total votes to 22.10%. A decline of approximately 192%.
- 51 to 100 votes per post went from 24.79%  of total votes to 4.03%. A decline of more than 615%.

I don't care how many new users are joining Steem(it), or the number of daily active users anymore. These are clear signs of a drastic shift in how the community participates and how much the community cares about each other / the growth of the platform.

I'm not surprised by the numbers, but I'm surely disheartened.