We all recently noticed how much "Low quality" content is being Up Voted by a very large number of users! But who's fault is this and can it be stopped?
Who's fault is it?
- Ours.
Can it be stopped?
- NO it can't.
Let's take a moment and compare these two, Steemit and YouTube?
YouTube has a Home Page and you will usually see a lot of Click Bait content, to sum it up, only 10-60% percent (depends) content if your not logged in that's actually interesting/funny or simply worth your time.
Steemit on the other hand has the Trending Page witch is very similar to YouTube, but unlike YouTube steemit doesn't use cookies in a way to tailor the content to your interests (this is something steemit should implement) and therefore results in all kinds of content being there
So we can't do anything about that?
The truth is, we can but not much, If YouTube can't solve it, how are we supposed to?
Well what can we do?
We can try to influence on how much of that content is actually worth our time and the up vote. Also don't get me wrong, not all content is s#$t, remember content that has the following is considered s#$t and should be down voted:
Claiming to own / be the author of someones work
Copying an Entire Post from elsewhere and simply Pasting it to Steemit
In general content theft and identity theft
These are the OFFICIAL RULES that apparently no one knows about, these where posted by @dan/ @ned/ @steemitblog (I'm not sure who of them actually posted this, if you can find the source please link it below!)
Now some of you may still ask why?
Posting content that's already elsewhere Lowers Steemit's Google Rank!
Lowering the Google Rank results in lower "quality" of Steemit > Lower Value Of Steem > Lower Value Of Voting power > You get where I am going, It does HARM to ALL of us!
But if you are the author of something or just like to verify yourself the only proper way a must read is This Here. This guide is "fake proof verification" if you really wanna make sure that everyone knows that's you 100%!
Fakers can't fake this method!
What is allowed than?
Original articles/posts
Opinions on articles
Let me explain the last one, since a lot of people on here seem to misunderstand this rule:
You making a post on how much you endorse XYZ Photographer's work and your posting he's images and he's official links where users can find out more(crediting the artist). - This is allowed!
Finding good content due to copy - pasting is becoming harder and harder to find even if you use search for it and has reached a point where it is harder to find good content on steemit than it is on YouTube. This represents a problem, the Trending page we can't influence much and It's not that bad, but what we can influence is content that is unique and good and worth the Up Vote. But how to know if a post is stolen? @cheetah , to my knowledge he is the only "Legit" Bot, that will help find Copy - Pasted content, look out for him in comments section and check he's comment, if he's right Up Vote him so that the author can't vote him down therefore hide him in the comments and hide the fact that he copied the post from elsewhere. You can Support @cheetah : Here
Also what we need to get is, this is not a Get Rich in 24 Hrs Scheme and do whatever it takes to do that! Please Ignore the numbers show below a Post, It's not about the money! This is a social media platform just like any other (Facebook, Reddit, Twitter...), You are here to share opinions and knowledge with each other and socialize. Also I'm not trying here to BASH on people or make people BASH on "simple posts" or posts seen as "unworthy the votes, because there is "better" content that should get the votes" anything on here can get hundreds of votes and that's the beauty of it, It's not about the numbers, It's not about money, It's about being social, having fun, sharing knowledge, insight, experience...Interacting with each-other! But remember posting something that hasn't been posted elsewhere gains Huge Value to steemit, to the author of it and all of us who use steem and steemit!
Sorry for long post but I had the urge to share this.
Have a nice Day and Thanks For Reading! 
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