Linear Rewards will make Steemit what it was Meant to Be
steemit·@richardcrill·
0.000 HBDLinear Rewards will make Steemit what it was Meant to Be
 ## A Platform for the People My biggest problem with Steemit has been the inequality and the lack of consensus on what is rewarded. Let's be honest, the trending page is basically "whale picks". Even the guilds still pretty much depend on whales to give significant rewards. Even the power that people do have is used to throw more rewards to posts that they know will get whale votes so that a curation reward can be earned. Let's not do that anymore. Let's vote on the content that is the best. That's the goal here right - to reward good content. I am guilty of voting with curation reward being the main reason. From now on, I pledge to only vote on what I truly think is valuable. With the equality hardfork and people voting like this, Steemit is about to go to the next level. # Big Thanks to @abit for Making it Abundantly Clear to Everyone With ["the experiment"](https://steemit.com/steem/@timcliff/the-whale-voting-experiment-explained-including-downvotes-from-abit) we began to see what it feels like for your vote to actually count a little bit. With the Equality Hardfork we will see that trend continue. Proportionate voting power to your Steem Power just makes sense. In fact, this not being the case, was the thing that gave me some reservation about Steemit. When @steemitblog announced [linear rewards](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/proposing-steem-equality-0-19-0-as-the-next-fork), I finally began to really [promote Steemit](https://steemit.com/steemit/@richardcrill/this-is-how-you-promote-steemit) and invest in it, with more time and money. I am not the best content producer. I don't even care to be. I enjoy what I write and I am passionate about communicating the truth. I want to add what I consider to be valuable and I have already been rewarded far beyond my wildest dreams for doing what I enjoy anyway! For the longest time, I have wondered what I should do "for a living". I was asked what I like to do, with the idea being that I should do what I love and money would take care of it self. Hmmmm, well, I like talking to people. That was literally the first thing that always came to mind. Beyond that, it was even more vague. I want to help people. The conversation would usually end up with ideas like motivational speaker or therapist. Those are great, but I really just like casual conversations, when people are being real and listening to each other. Well, you could never make any money just doing that right? There are countless ways that we can add value to each others lives. Cryptocurrency in general and now @dan's vision becoming reality are bringing in the golden age. That might sound silly to you, but [I actually believe that.](https://steemit.com/steem/@richardcrill/the-future-is-here) The future is here, and the banksters can no longer stop it. # I don't think we will ever see $1 Steem again! I just put everything I could afford to lose into STEEM. I also did that about a month ago when linear rewards were announced as the next hardfork. That investment has done very well.  I was talking about it so much to my family that my mom really wanted to invest a little. Not really having the time or the inclination to do it herself, she gave me the money to buy her 1000 STEEM. I recently transferred it to her new account and she has been very happy to see what her investment has done in such a short time.  That yellow line is the 20 EMA. That is one of my favorite indicators. If it drops below that, it may continue down a bit. Because it is currently resting on it, I think it is about to bounce. I think that will happen soon, then the equality hard fork. I'm thinking it's moon time. I am more excited for the future than I have been in a long time. I feel like a kid again. Thanks to all you beautiful people out there. # One more thing... SteemSpeak! There is a place in the Steemit world that I am fond of more than most places. SteemSpeak is a place where I get to actually speak my mind and be humbled by beautiful, intelligent people. Thank you @fyrstikken for inviting us all to be a part of it. <center><a href="http://steemspeak.com"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/qPLkj22.png"></a></center> # Steem On
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