RE: It's Back! Fortune Cookie Fortune
Thinking it is a matter of interpretation. One man's shortcuts are another mans bread and butter. An extreme case of this is how many pile on the hate for the self voting TA guy. I figure it is his stake, why shouldn't he be allowed to self vote with it. Same with the bots. Its their stake, the persons SBD to rent it for a vote. Now do I believe overdoing this is self defeating? Yes I do. But in the scheme of things, they are utilizing their stake for its maximum potential. And anyone who says they are here for purely altruistic reasons is one I would suspect might be a liar or delusional.
I have a bit of OCD when it comes to doing things that need doing quickly, not liking the thing to keep hanging over me. I also have a thing about doing it right, so there will be no going back (or at least less chance of having to) to redo it.
They say enlightenment is a glance away, and when one is ready one will see it in everything they look at. I have experienced it myself, although it is fleeting from my experience as one gets lulled back into the routines quickly. Sounds like something has set your reference points rocking and you are seeing past them into enlightenment.
I believe that's true. It's also possible to see what you want to see, and differentiating between the two is key.
When I was doing layout for the newspapers I owned, I cut out a lot of things that were more or less extraneous steps and got to the heart of the matter. I was able to shave hours off of production that way. I believe that to be called efficiency. Would someone consider what I did a series of shortcuts? Perhaps. I saw it as the essentials. That for me, is the difference.
I've had a hard time with what's been happening regarding the individual you reference, as well. It is his stake, and the whale aiding and abetting, it's their stake, and everyone who votes for his stuff, be it duplicate accounts, bots, real people, himself—all have that right.
And yet, when you boil it down, he's getting $10-$20 tops if neither he or the whale upvote.
Are his posts worth over $200, of which he and the whale are giving him 90%? I answer that question with, is any article worth $200 a pop? In my mind, not many.
So, then you have folks exercising their right to downvote him. Personally, I'd rather he get a clue, throttle back some, and the dozens of folks that are flagging go back to upvoting content they like, but I don't think they're going to be satisfied until they've run him off of STEEM.