We all as humans have the tendency to always want more...
But for anyone who cares to run a forensic on my personal account, please do and make a counter post to negate my personal Steemit reflection in terms of votes and any unjust claim(supposedly) some individuals feels i am making. A personal conviction, and not a matter of whether right or wrong move to use upvote services since i joined the community.
Upvoting Services as a Steem-Rookie
After my first few months of becoming a steemian, i could see a couple of Upvote services around but i was less curious maybe less greedy too to try them out just to have a bumper payouts on my posts when i was yet to understand what steemit actually means. So after some more times, i decided to try it out some couple of times to upvote one of my blogs and three of my friends; i was compelled to try it because their was a lot of fuss about a particular service about 7 months ago(Name Withheld). After my trials, i decided to be contented with whatever i get so i figured it is off less use to me(Maybe some others too).
This services feels like compensating Myself!
What is your objective of wanting more Upvotes/Payout? Are you discouraged by your previous payouts or you just want more and more of it without minding if others gets or not. If this services are used to support some newbies or a very good but unrecognized author, then that is a worthy and justifiable cause.
Using this services are super cool, but I strongly believe in fair play and a normal level playing ground, so i decided not to buy upvotes often and often day-in day-out as a daily blogger to uphold my pedigree. Another reason(a personal conviction) is this; this rewards comes from a pool and i really wish this rewards gets to some more users more than what they get irrespective of their level of interactions, their works/Blogs should vouch for them!
Secondly, i enjoyed writing and expressing myself which i never have phobia for burning out of ideas. I have blogged daily since i came around in March and there were days i don't earn much compared to the efforts i put in, this makes me works harder and to do deeper research for my next blog without certainty that it will be read and upvoted. This had kept me going for so long and using upvote services would make me more lazy as a writer, it would make me a glutton and not worthy of this votes i bought and not earned.
Earning votes and not buying them was the initial design of the platform if am correct, though people worked hard as authors but with less or no compensation hence the need for this services arise. Perseverance is the only way to resist this urge of compensating yourself; the ability to try more and interact better is a key which could make things easier.
Except you are a weekly or Bi-weekly Blockchain Blogger, maybe you are exempted. But for daily Bloggers using this services on every post you publish seems to me like depriving other users of the crumbs of cakes from the Reward pool.
If you are on the verge of giving up and leaving the community, this upvote services are there to keep your dreams and Blockchain Blogging aspirations alive. Here are some of the Legit Upvote services to use to make your steemit stay worth-while.
This is the last weekend of the year, see you all in 2018 in one piece. Below are the links to my latest posts, i appreciate all the supports i have gotten from you all!
THAT AWKWARD MOMENT #14 - "A GHOUL AT CHRISTMAS- YULETIDE PANDEMONIUM "
"STEEMITIZING" THE GOOD SIDES OF BEING BROKE AS A MAN!
"Wenaklabs"; A Kid's chance to go Online and surf the Web(Video)
A BOXING DAY EVIL- HOW I SLIGHTLY ESCAPED A FATAL INJURY TO MY SPINE(AM IN PAINS AND NO PICTURES)
City Life VS Township Life- A Christmas Scenario
A Poem to The New Born King!
A NATION CALLED PANIC!
FOLLOW-UPVOTE-RESTEEM AND MAYBE DROP A SUPPORTING OR CONTRARY COMMENT.....It's your friendly Neighbor @oluwoleolaide for Steem-Lagos-Nigeria-Africa-World!
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