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To Downvoters and my ex-followers, I'd like to continue my blog

The reward I am receiving is strongly influenced by the amount of my SP. Actually I got heavy loss in the Steemit investment. So the reward at this price is not so important for me. I will power down my SP to reduce my reward.

What I want to do now is continuing my blog. I admit that I'd like to upvote for my followers who support me in the old steem period.

But in this circumstance, it is impossible to continue my loyalty to my old friends. @ranchorelaxo and @haejin, thank you for your support But don't vote for me, please. I don't want to be a battleground.

I want to continue my work. I have studied Buddhist and traditional culture in Korea for 3 years. Steemit was nice place for me to continue my daily job, even though it was not good for the investment.

I could find out many interesting things in the process of daily writing. What matters than the price of Steem was the fact that Steem made me continue my daily writing after my retirement.

Please Don't upvote for me my friends, I can not vote for you. I will vote at random. I will vote for small SP holders.

One thing we think is the way of newsteem movement. If we force someone to stop writing blogs for the reward with mass downvote, it is not different from the strongest censorship, in my guess.

I had joined Steemit 3 years ago for the vision of no-censorship blog.

Anyway, I'd like to continue my blog on my culture and history, if you permit. Please wait for several weeks during powering down my SP.

If I am prohibited from writing in steemit, what should I do?

I read some comments that I should continue my posting! No worries, friend! I will keep posting no matter how much reward I get. Exploring Buddhist culture is a big part of my life, so I will never give up easily on that!

Powering down takes several weeks. I might get high rewards continuously for 13 weeks until powering down complete. However, I will keep post about my travel even though I will not get many rewards after several weeks.

Please, don't misunderstand that I quit my blog.

Comments · 66

@beerlover(65)· 2487d
^{View or trade BEER.}

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@eii(72)· 2487d
!BEER for you
@jekhy(7)· 2488d
Thanks for the post.
@melissaofficial(65)· 2488d
@slowwalker it's really sad how things are on steem right now. I don't know if to say am unlucky or now? Before i managed to get a vote worth Worth $1 the price of steem was around $5 I wished I have just 10 steem which can solve some problems for a local girl just $50. So I started posting but nothing came out of it. I never gave up. I started getting support from friends at that time the price of steem dropped drastically and with my 1099SP which is work nothing. Is this bad luck? Please don't power down everything, we need people like you here. Thank you
@johnjgeddes(78)· 2488d
I DM'd you, my friend, @oldstone - Hope you get my message
@hamletnow(2)· 2489d
I read your post, either you are biggest winner or biggest loser on steemit. You can't be both. History of steemit will tell us . So far you have good blogging skills. But if you say @pharesim and lobby does censorship of your posts.! Than why downpowering sp. You should stay and help steemit community grow out of this. Steemit is excellent platform. I support your blogging.
@mobi72(68)· 2489d
Unfortunately, on Steem, a post is more appreciated and gets more attention if it gets higher rewards/upvotes and there is a valid reason behind this thinking, most of the people have been mainly attracted towards Steem to get rich or to get handsome pay outs or if we think it not at the extreme but moderately then to earn an average income and it is still possible but that's another discussion.

My point is, other than above mentioned concept, Steem is a place where anyone can write whatever he/she wants within, IMO, ethical limitations and it could be a master piece even if it doesn't get higher rewards.
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@adetorrent(78)· 2489d
You're on to something here. Your blogs are very nice and I see you engage with your readers. It also seems you're doing important work of documentation. I appreciate that - I do a bit of that myself, but not on your level, so I know how hard it is actually.

However, like you've noticed, Haejin/Ranchorelaxo is using your blog to farm rewards. He's using you as some kind of human shield, since most people won't want to flag someone with your large stake, and quality of blog. The community is standing up to him and unfortunately your blog is getting hit as a result.
@mitch94541(50)· 2490d
@slowwalker, I am saddened by what appears to be a concerted effort by a few to sabotage anyone or group.
I do not post for the sake of gain, but rather I post for somethings that seem important to me. Yours are one of the few I have read and appreciate and I thank you. I do not have any SP(?) so, I can't up/down vote and make it worthwhile. I hope that you keep writing as I mentioned I enjoyed reading when I come here. Many thanks and never give up! Mitch
@uwelang(79)· 2490d
Heya @slowwalker - I was thinking a lot whether I should add a comment or not here - simply because it would maybe get me into flags from both sides (or better three sides) but anyway.

It would be a shame to lose you. Your topics are interesting, the rewards per post might be too high compared to other content creators but this is a community and obviously you create a fanbase of people you exchange help. All the others that downvote benefit from the same attitude.

While I am not a fan at all of the downvote regime towards anyone using a bid bot by @acidyo and also @pharesim I certainly appreciate the point they come from. Both try to do sth for the community, if I like this or not it might help but at least they have a stand now.

I do not need to love all their actions to still have respect towards them - personally I like both of them, also @anomadsoul.

What striked me a bit here was that you get support with spam comments by a certain group I had some discussion nearly two years ago which is the family of shit posters around @dobartim @aidasfg7 and @flysky. When I had some flag engagement with them some good folks warned me to not take it to the next level as these guys are not only spammers and shit poster but also dangerous. Hence I stopped.

Following the comments on that post really shocked me again - no one with a usuall mindset could even consider to take these guys srious no matter how much SP they have now, not asking how. So in a nutshell I like your approach to vote smaller people here but please keep your SP for that and stop voting shit.
@arcange(79)· 2490d
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- Upvotes - Ranked 10 with 774 upvotes
- Comments - Ranked 2 with 180 comments
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@nanocheeze(52)· 2491d
the comments section on this thread is proof positive that steem is turning into a dictatorship.... JUST WOW!!!!!
@steemitboard(66)· 2491d
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@abdulhamids(57)· 2491d
Keep blogging, guy! I will do what you, just writing without care about how many rewards I get. 😁
@trendovoter(41)· 2491d
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@theguruasia(69)· 2491d
!trdovoter 100
@acreativa(44)· 2491d
Woooow. Your post is so cool! Can you vote for me in my last post? The venezuelan economic social class...

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@aidasfg7(64)· 2491d
I really don’t understand why anyone would use massive downvote power to nullify post from @slowwalker @slowwalker I really support you to continue blogging. Don”t be discouraged by downvotes. We are all learning here and we should all support one another for steemit to be real decentralized platform. I read many many positive comments here. I am proud to be part of steemit.
@tcpaikano(64)· 2491d
I just saw your blog for a resteem, I think you should continue

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@edgarare1(68)· 2491d
Hello my friend @slowwalker consider your decision before doing something wrong.. I would like to offer one option to you instead of power down. Delegate your Steem Power to @project.hope this is an incredible community and the founder of this project is @crypto.piotr he can explain more about this and actually you can take your trip traveling in the world while your money is moving every single day in this project.

Consider to visit https://steemit.com/steemleo/@project.hope/increase-by-70-your-weeekly-payout-by-delegating-your-sp-to-project-hope

And make your smart decision my friend.

The best for you..!!

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@freedompoint(76)· 2491d
Slowwalker...this is a shame. I have been following you since I first began here over 2 yeara ago. I am no judge of quality or politics....I just love posts about real life. I am sorry that you recieved such a negative response from a formerly supportive community. I respect what others do with their stake no matter what it is. I encourage you to not power down your stake. Instead of powering down would you consider delegating to other communities? I am sorry to bring this to your comments and it sounds like I am selling something. Many communities could benefit, including the community that my wife and I have founded here on Steem. It is called Innerblocks @innerblocks. It is focused on first hand experiential content, and people owning their experience and building themselves. We have a curation team of over 10 people to curate content around the world, and are developing a custom frontend to join with an SMT. There are more great communities besides ours, and I hope you would consider delegation over powering down. Be well
@violetmed(69)· 2491d
This makes me sad! You should continue to blog if that is your desire. I am on Steemit still to comment when I can. A lot of days I am too busy to do that. I only have time to upvote on those days. Good luck and sending you hope for peace and healing in your life. God Bless You!

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@fitinfun(72)· 2491d
To @slowwalker and anyone else trying to spread big votes down below.

These are two posts past payout that give you some ideas of how to help little fish without spending all day on the chore. Curation is not easy, no matter how you do it.

Whale Tip! How to Curate Contests on STEEM and Help Small Bloggers Grow

Whale Tip! Vote for Pre-Curated STEEM Posts
@jwolf(71)· 2491d
I appreciate you're upvoting manually and random. You're one of the best authors on steem. Keep up the good job, hopefully your investement will turn into a good one!
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@markkujantunen(77)· 2491d

One thing we think is the way of newsteem movement. If we force someone to stop writing blogs for the reward with mass downvote, it is not different from the strongest censorship, in my guess.

It really is totally different from the strongest (form of) censorship. The strongest form of censorship is preventing someone from publishing anything. That is the strongest form of censorship in existence. Steem has nothing of the kind.

Disagreement on rewards has always been an officially sanctioned reason for downvoting. Stakeholders collectively decide how much any given post should be worth in rewards. The #newsteem movement that was given rise following the adoption of the Economic Improvement Proposal two months ago has made use of the free 2.5 full downvotes available to each account. In my opinion, the result has been a drastic improvement of content quality in Trending.

That said, I have seen cases retaliatory auto-downvoting that has totally wiped out the earnings of some Dolphin-sized upstanding bloggers on Steem. That is reprehensible. The community should step up and heal those accounts immediately. Your situation is completely different as your rewards are still in the tens of dollars per post.

You say your rewards are proportional to your stake. Your rewards are still pretty good even after the downvotes. Another way to earn content rewards in addition to author rewards is curation rewards. Your stake is so large that you have a good chance of earning good curation rewards under EIP that introduced the 50/50 split between authors and curators. Because you're a whale, you will be able to earn several dollars with the click of a button if you have liked a post you have just read.

Do go on posting about Korean history and Korean temples. There absolutely nothing wrong with your posts per se. Because they have been exceptionally well rewarded, they have regularly appeared in Trending for years. That has drawn some downvoting simply because people have differing opinions on how rewards should be distributed, large ones in particular. In spite of the downvotes, your author rewards have still been very good. By curating content you find valuable, you have an excellent opportunity to do your part in making the whole platform more valuable while making pretty good money doing so. Your stand a lot to gain from that since your stake is still very large. Good luck!
@tatjanastan(71)· 2491d
When I can't vote for whom I like, When I can't vote for myself, when bloggers say "don't vote for me, so I don't get flags" that means there is no democracy but dictatorship which is against law. Why some bloggers like @whack.science vote for himself and don't flag Him? If selfvoting is prohibited than "flag him" also. If You flag him for selfvoting than I will believe You are righteous but if You don't than this is called VIOLENCE. Someone can get health problems because of Your constant pressure...

This what is happening on Steemit is called violence, threatening & is crime.

When You force somebody to do something what You want Him/Her to do ( and He/Her is not doing anything contrary to Steemit policy ) according to law is called violence & violence is against Human rights...
@stef1(71)· 2491d
Hi Slowwalker it was obvious that earlier or later it will come this way.

I think the people bellow have a reason to celebrate a PARTY today they reached what they wanted to reach, to make one of the oldest investor to Power Down:

@OCDB @curangel @cervantes @transisto @theaustrianguy @acidyo @trafalgar @smooth @likwid @joshman @justineh @justtryme90 @randowwhale @lafona-miner @delegate.lafona @mmmkkk311 @sportsvoter @eonwarped @lebin @holm @leeyh @waybeyongpadthai @ctime @joshmani @ibc @amico

Reading the comment chain it is funny how some of those people come and try to look innocent, like a white knight fighting for the right of Steemians. Actually that reminds me a dictatorship, bullying and even I have to think about the time when in early years of establishing of Soviet Union how the wealth of rich people, farmers were taken away with explanation now it belongs to the PEOPLE. Have we really reach that point?

What I also find funny, that those people are not upset about @slowwalker decision but just ready to accept his Steem Power as delegation, most probably to keep destroying others and having control on Steemit. The others are ready to buy his Steem. Maybe that was a reason behind of all downvoting to get your Steem Power for them?

I do not understand how such curation projects like @OCDB and @curangel can downvote constantly, If those people who delegated steem power to curation projects are aware about. Because we all know that there is Downvote trails and the people who want to give their SP for that know that. But those two are curation project and I am not sure if all the delegators know what the power is used for.

Unlike other here I would advice you @slowwalker not to delegate to anyone and not to sell to those guys, rather invest in any other cryptocurrency. I am glad you will keep posting, do not let them to stop you. You have many friends around because YOU ARE SUPPORTING MANY ACCOUNTS manually and on daily basis! I would be not surprised if after this comment I will also be in blacklist of those above listed guys, but I do not care, I am FREE to tell what I think, nobody has taken my right for FREEDOM OF SPEECH! Cheers...
@vlemon(78)· 2492d
Lol You voted one of my post and I got downvoted straight to 0. Please stop 🛑 ! And this is the only post you upvoted for the past month.
@vlemon(78)· 2492d
That is a shame. This is the third whale I know that is leaving Steem this week. I think the harrassment worked out. Steemit is looking more and more like Golos imho. All the best slowwalker.
@kus-knee(74)· 2492d
The new Steem needs to find some balance.

I am hoping that with time the SMT's will bring new life to your investment!
@slobberchops(82)· 2492d
You know I used to vote your content but haven't recently due to #newsteem forming and all the changes. I have also stuck my neck out for you on a couple of occasions, though I am on the side of #newsteem.

Are there 2 sides? #old vs #new? I don't want it to be like that but many of the #old guys are resisting any kind of change.

I notice your last 2 posts have almost been zeroed. I personally think that is OTT but the fact that it made you write this is very welcome to me. I feel it was to spring you into action and it's worked.

It's all about perception and what everyone else thinks you are doing, so I can give you some ideas on how to get everyone off you back if you want to listen.

I know your thinking... 'what the fuck do they want me to do'

Don't quit. Your dedication to temples is quite unique and your as mad about them as I am on Urbex.

...We need content like yours...

Try joining the #curie trail at a 2% fixed weight. if it gets to be to much of a drain then toggle it off.

Your CSI is bad but no worse than many others. Mine was until a few weeks back at 18 or so.

Mine is looking a lot healthier now, you can be sure that your vote is going to underpaid authors who are trying and yours will look like mine soon, approaching 50.

I get it that you don't want to find these guys. I look sometimes for them, but i do appreciate that you vote the resteems of others. You don't need to go searching.., most of us don't have the time.., but the curation groups can do it for you.

@curie doesn't upvote any old shit, and while I submit things to them.., that doesn't mean they get a vote.

This is now going to be a talking point of mine with @anomadsoul in a few days. We will both be in Bangkok. It's the 1/1 voting that is getting up people's noses, but there's some of that in most of us.

The other thing is while your content is unique, try and flesh it out a little more. Some more pictures, and more dialogue.

It feels strange me who's relatively new here compared to the 2016 crowd advising a whale on how to write.

I appreciate that English is also not your first language. You do OK and write better in that language than my non-existent Korean.

Don't stop writing @slowwalker. If you notice, the people and groups that have been attacking you have voted this post. That's because you have done the right thing and written this post.
@queeirisa(64)· 2492d
This is lovely. Checked out some of your posts and they were pretty awesome. Would love to see many more of you. Resteeming right away.
@joythewanderer(81)· 2492d
Hey please keep blogging, we love to see Korean culture, I believe there is a large Korean community here but a lot of them don’t write English, you are like an Korean ambassader here, keep on hard work!

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@dobartim(77)· 2492d
Slowwalker thank you for everything you did for Steemit.

Your post writes history and I want to predict the future.

In all things, there is interest, Steemit started out as a free social network and now it is promoting a conducting decentralization system where successful bloggers are only those who have the support of people who have Steem Power.

If I cannot vote for my post, if I cannot vote for the posts of the people I love, then it is no longer a decentralized system nor is it a social network. Because if you can't do that then your move to Powerdown Steem Power is right, because if you can't vote for the ones you love then there's no need to vote for the ones you don't know and don't like.

Solutions to lift Steem value from downvote is not good, viewership is falling, Steem value is falling, a number of investors are falling.

There may be other projects behind the downvote strategy that will promote their token or coin, and it is not in people's interest to remedy this situation.

Voting for others and strangers has its limit until a new Steem token platform is set up, then it is possible for us to expand with new users.

With your name, a radical change begins, from now on nothing is the same again and these situations will change for the better or worse very soon.

Everything can be solved with the software, how much to vote for yourself, for the same people once a week etc, but it is not a solution for the guys who make this situation.

When you vote for the ones you love, you get a minus, because those people give you back love. When some people do it then it's a problem, but when the judges do it then they vote for a quality that we don't really recognize.

This is such a shame that the only thing they can do is threaten to take down your posts, that you cannot write because you will be at 0, if the right to free speech is abolished then there is no longer any democracy.

There are much better solutions and this is the right time to make a meeting of all the whales and orcs as the biggest investors, to come up with creative solutions that all users can have an interest in.

When new users come in and look at blogs that have been destroyed, it seems so depressing that they have no desire to write, they have no desire to invest. When people see the best bloggers who have been destroyed, downloading their Steem Power, then the sense of further development is lost.

I see that in many people there is envy, jealousy, revenge, hatred and that these emotions do not affect the good mood of the user.

All this together does not look good at all, only if the people are honest and if a meeting is made where creative solutions will be made, only then will we have the chance to stand up together.

We win together
@ace108(80)· 2492d
I am just here to continue to blog too.
@parth7878(50)· 2492d
Hello @slowwalker happy to see again. I read your post and I'm glad you are willing to help people like us. I exactly faced what you said in your post. I recently being active in this community. I was exited to earn steem after seeing people earning 100$ steem per post. As results I started to copy content from internet and got mass down-voted from other people. Didn't get second chance to correct my mistake that for plagiarism , people react like this here. Anyway, I learned my lesson. keep blogging. Happy blogging.

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@ps7878(42)· 2492d
Hello, I just joined today, what are you talking about ? Is upvote to someone here that valuable?

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@felixxx(73)· 2492d
When you do not get 40$ for every photo, you quit. We understand.
@aidasfg7(64)· 2492d
Dear Slowwalker, first of all I would like to thank you for supporting me and the steemians who is supporting steemit continually just to keep blogging and commenting! We want to support steemit always, money or no money, we will enjoy the posting, sharing to steemians whatever we can. You are a ‘Great Supporter to Steemit’, you have a big heart for the cause and for the follower and supporters of steemit. Please don’t mind this people who come to steemit who are ‘greedy’, and want only to enrich themselves! They want to destroy steemit, who knows maybe they are supporting another coin and wants to enrich themselves here in steemit and discourage steemians from supporting steemit, and I call the group headed by ‘azircon, nemo435 (his other name), ‘Chronic Envious Personalities’, they couldnt be creative enough, that’s why they want to slowdown the ‘Best Steemian like yourself’ and the rest of the Creative Bloggers in Steemit! I will always be there to enjoy your blogs which is educational to all! I will always support creative bloggers and steemit! All the best Slowwalker!
@flysky(72)· 2492d
I have no idea why anyone would downvote you. When you invested everyone voted around freely for years. I will not vote because downvoting lobby is putting censorshio on my choice whome I vote. I am becoming afraid to vote for you because now they will downvote my post I will resteem your post at least they didn't censored that option. Resteem your post.
@oflyhigh(86)· 2492d
Hi @slowwalker

I started to follow you because you published an article about your mother and her paintings, this article is very heartwarming and I love it.This should have happened two or three years ago, I started following your post after that. And I especially enjoyed and learned a lot from your series on Buddhism.

I have read almost every article you have written, but since English is not my native language, it is difficult for me to make some comments. But I still think we're good friends, at least I think we are.

I set up automatic upvote to your posts, but I never expected a return, nor did I care about the gain or loss, just because I like it. Although sometimes I'm happy when you upvoted on my posts.

I hope you to stay here, continue to produce excellent work just like before. We can't please everyone, It doesn't matter.

Maybe one day I will be under pressure not to automatically upvote your post, but I hope we will always be friends.
@mistytruth(67)· 2492d
I became interested in Buddhism and temples through your posting. Please continue to write good posting.
@iramb131(4)· 2492d
thanks for amplifying this
@dreamryder007(67)· 2492d
I just dropped 30k into other crypto projects. Steem not so much .......

Well I did enjoy the pictures. Far thee well Slowwalker, like so many before you ... chased off by retards who enjoy losing money.

Anyone looking for a crypto project that is MAKING them money and fun to play CHECK OUT SPLINTERLANDS.
@broncnutz(79)· 2492d
I feel the same way. They are downvoting me and Specifically mentioning the reason is voting for you and then you voting for me. I have no idea whether you like my posts but I really like yours. I will not vote you anymore which is a shame and cancerous to Steemit in my opinion. I don’t blame you if you want t power done em and then dump coins when the prices rises a little, at least you will have them liquid to do so. This place has be come to centralized and a few dictators now decide who is god and who is bad because they have the power of massive delegates. It’s a shame because I feel people like me and you along with many others help keep this place alive with good content, not some bullshit activfit post or battle scores from drug wars or Steem monsters.....real content that helps bring users. Don’t vote for me anymore either because the fanboys will downvote both of us no matter what we do. I deleted every person on my voting bot, quit voting myself once a day and stay still hit my posts with downvotes. It’s a small group of people not control this platform. I actually think youtube is less centralized than Steemit right now. Good luck, I have considered powering down myself.
@abitcoinskeptic(75)· 2492d
Please keep posting and stay on Steem. I enjoy looking at your daily posts. There aren't many English blogs sharing great photos of Korea.

I don't think you should vote for random. You should vote for blogs and posts you like or follow voting trails of people you trust and respect. It is your right and opinion.

If you don't want to get downvoted, it is important to discuss details with the people downvoting you, since it is their right and opinion, too. I guess they will stop if you have an understanding together.

I don't think you should power down. Try changing your voting style to see if you are happy with the results. The price of Steem is too low right now.

I think if everyone has a discussion, the community and atmosphere will improve. When SMTs arrive we will all be ready.
@whack.science(73)· 2492d
Glad to hear that you are using your power to help the community, Steem and also yourself. Give it a go for a few months and you will sed the difference not just for yourself but for everyone else.
@kidsreturn(58)· 2492d
I don't know what happened here because I am not very active on Steemit (I am a small potato as well). HOWEVER, I have learned about lots of information on Korean through your blogs since the very beginning days that I entered the steemit world. In my opinion, you are the best writer who are continuously focused on the Asian culture and really do a great job. Please enjoy your writing! Look forward to see your works in the future.
@flysky(72)· 2492d
One more whale is pulling out investments from steemit. Bravo downvote lobby. Steemit is bottoming on alexa ranking, more people like this are being discouraged. More people are reading this and specially our members from Asia. If they confirm this as censorship on bloggers freedom I will think on what side of steemit history you want to be. This trailing downvotes together against one account like @slowwalker account in my opinion is massive abuse and spamming to his account. His account was attacked for weeks and months as bullying abuse of downvote. I hope @slowwalker continues to be part of steemit community if downvote censorship lobby allows . If you want change change software option of votes and just direct all rewards to few whales in power behind curtains. If you support his choice to continue or not feel free to write your opinion I support you @slowwalker to continue blogging
@joshman(74)· 2492d
There's not much for me to add to what the other commenters have said here. Many of us have been hoping that people in your situation will draw from the reward pool less, and concentrate on more on raising the value of steem. You and some others have so much latent ability to do so through your stake, it's more sad to me than anything else when this potential isn't achieved. I believe that one of the primary methods we can all accomplish this is through supporting new and undervalued blogs, not by directing the majority of support to established orcas and whales. It's true there is value to individuals such as yourself holding large amounts of steem, but there is so much more value in getting more of the reward pool to smaller blogs to energize them to keep posting more content, and even possibly purchase more steem on the open market. Any number of the commenters here could help you both maximize your curation rewards, as well as your impact. I've always had the impression that you want to be a positive force, but it's easy for all of us to get locked into old patterns, and that's understandable. I would only suggest before making any hasty decisions, that you experiment with adjusting those patterns and see what happens. You might actually be pleasantly surprised.
@birdsinparadise(68)· 2492d
I love your posts, please continue to share your history!
@oldtimer(76)· 2492d
No one should tell you whom to vote. Keep posting.
@azircon(79)· 2492d
@slowwalker. This is really good to hear that you are considering new ways. You are trying to break from your circle that you created over multiple years. Admission is hard; rest is easy.

I enjoyed your writing over the years but never liked the vote trading. So even though I liked your content, I nominated you for downvoting. I am glad I don’t have to do that any more. Hopefully.

I have substantial stake in steem now. And I plan on increasing my stake substantially if people in the platform are creative and understand decentralized governance. Because without governance we have no hope. If people like you change your ways, vote for small users, follow a curation trail, not only you will help the steem blockchain but will earn a good 7-8% passive income for your stake. If anyone wants more that’s greed.

Now if some of your followers like @dobartim @broncnutz @oldstone (which is you) @vlemon @kingscrown etc follow your footsteps; we will move collectively in the right direction. I can easily bring in more investment (real ones; not the puny things which we call stakes here) which will help with creativity and innovation.

Let’s hope 2020 will be good to us!! Cheers!!

Apologies for upvote but this @flysky is a pest ;)
@geekgirl(80)· 2492d
I benefited many times from your support. I know you are a good whale and person with integrity. Your blog is consistent and interesting. You should do whatever you deem right with your SP, not what others want. Thanks a million for your kindness, support, and encouragement.

P.S. Don’t stop blogging!
@crypticat(74)· 2492d
I love your posts, having been to Korea and actually some of those spots you've picture I can say you do wonders for the silent lurker who is a fan of the art. Your posts will be useful for years to come and I have no idea why anyone is downvoting you, you clearly invested more than most in Steem. Keep doing what you do.

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@pharesim(74)· 2492d
I don't think anyone wants to stop you from writing. Your posts and pictures are really nice, and the insights into Buddhism and your culture are very interesting! I don't know anyone who disagrees with that.

It's only the vote trading that triggered the downvotes. The rewards on steem are split into content and curation rewards for a reason. Your stake gives you the option to earn with curation, while the other half is intended to help other creators grow. If you are really serious with stopping the reciprocal voting and starting to support smaller authors I will take care that the downvotes I can control stop, right now.

Voting randomly is clearly not optimal, so if you find the time it would be awesome if you spent some time to look around for what you would consider good content and support those creators. There is a lot of spam, plagiarism and other unpleasant stuff, which makes that really time consuming. That's why I created curangel and delegate most of my stake to it. You probably have mostly seen it as leading the downvote trail that hit you, but the original intention behind it was a lot more about the curation (hence the name). We have a group of about 20 people looking around all day to find quality content which deserves support, and 80% of the rewards go to the delegators. The other 20% are for the curators, which are all small accounts themselves who are here for the content. There's no share for me or the other admins - it's all about supporting the creators and curators of content which may help steem to grow its userbase again. Delegators have the option to submit posts which received bought or traded votes for downvotes, because that needs to stop for steem to be able to grow outside of the circles of friends of investors.

Of course you can power down and do with your steem whatever you like. I just want to show you that there's alternatives. As delegators to curangel, we still receive about 8% APR, and don't have to worry about what we vote - maybe that's an option for you too.

Whatever you decide to do with your stake, and that of your other accounts, please keep posting! Don't give up on this platform just because the long-established practice of selling and trading votes is finally not accepted by everyone any more. If we all work together to help newcomers grab a foot, all our values will rise a lot more than what you could have earned with rewards in the past while the price kept dropping.
@smooth(74)· 2492d
There is no censorship, and you are not "prohibited from writing" whatsoever.

You are also not guaranteed rewards. You may get rewards if a consensus of stakeholder voters think your content is worth rewarding. You may get less or no rewards if they don't.

Either way you are welcome to continue posting.
@drakos(70)· 2492d
It's a shame this had to come to this. I hope those flaggers are happy to lose a whale investor like yourself, I suppose you'll be selling your STEEM, let's see how happy they'll be when the price goes down because of it. Last thing we need is whales quitting.
@acidyo(85)· 2492d
Please continue your blogs @slowwalker, and even self-vote as you don't post that often. It's just the vote-trading to a large degree that many disagree with and it needs to go down. If we can get the average rewards even of the most popular people on Steem to some regular levels that look reasonable to outsiders Steem will still be one of the best platforms around compared to the peanuts people make on Medium and that other one I keep forgetting the name of where you can tip posts in different crypto.

Anyway, I love to hear that you will focus on curating smaller users, thank you for that! Distribution is important, there are coins like Stellar where they give away most of their supply and they still do well in marketcap. Steem is a different beast but we can only win if we stop focusing on our STEEM ROI but instead figure out how to increase the STEEM value.
@cryptopie(78)· 2492d
Please do not be discouraged @slowwalker because I do not think that you are doing anything wrong here. Just think a while and strategize.
@anomadsoul(80)· 2492d
Hi there. I think it's great that steem allowed you to keep writing day after day for three years, congratulations on that one, not a lot of people can say that about themselves.

So, you will start powering down instead of staying powered up and voting for other people? After months and years of getting rewards (at what price point did you bought steem by the way?) you decide you no longer want to keep writing just because your rewards are going down?

You just said rewards are not important for you, but you decide to power down once you see your rewards go down? 🤔

Nobody is prohibiting you from writing on Steem...

Again, it's good to see that after a long time you have decided to vote on other people, that is really the new steem way! Sad that you are powering down but it's good news you are spreading your votes.

Let me know what exchange you'll be using to sell, so I can be there to buy it all.
@dblog.supporter(48)· 2492d
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@bittrio(71)· 2492d
Is this possibly a reason steem will not succeed? People with high SP can just downvote whoever they choose.
@canon12(52)· 2492d
Thanks for your opinions @slowwalker

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