i think you are missing the social aspect. if a large portion of people downvote a post, that is an agreement that something in that post did not meet criteria. same as with upvoting. for example, if someone shitposts and awards themselves $300 thru upvote and bidbot, that is draining the pool unfairly because it isnt giving any value. that person could have invested their money, but it might not have made that huge reward. so in essence they are abusing a loophole for personal gain. does investing a huge amount of money give them the right to make this gain? thats the question.
since i didnt invest in this platform solely for financial reasons, i think the whole entitlement about how much money one deserves to make from social media is ridiculous. to me its in the title :SOCIAL: It isnt investment media, it isnt get rich quick media. The whole concept is getting skewed off the original premise; one of interaction with other people, trying to build something worthwhile to profit everyone, not just the few whales on top. no one made people invest. if they made the mistake of thinking its a free lunch, thats their fault. The group gets to decide the value, not the individual.
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