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NOT QUITE WHAT IT STEEMED
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Steemit appeared set to become the next big thing in 2016, but sadly from mid 2018 on, it just gradually devolved into a steeming pile of bullshit.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>www.steemit.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Steemit is a pretty huge subject, so I’ll leave the tech side of it for geeks to endlessly go on about. Here is what my Steemit page has on it:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

MY 2018 POST LINKS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

MY 2017 POST LINKS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

MY 2016 POST LINKS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

SOME STEEMIT TOOLS I HAVE USED<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

SOME VERY BASIC STEEMIT FORMATTING NOTES<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

WAS STEEMIT ALL JUST A CIA PSYOP?<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

By 2019 I had stopped posting directly to Steemit and my posts were just automatically shared from my blog<\/a> here on this website using the WordPress app Steempress.<\/a>
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There are alternative interfaces available, such as STEEMPEAK<\/a> which give a different look to the original Steemit<\/a> site.<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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ALL MY STEEMIT POSTS IN A WHOPPING BIG LIST<\/strong><\/h2>\n

My two main Steemit accounts were @sift666<\/a> and @frot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The best thing I got from Steemit was inspiration, and if I say so myself, some of my Steemit posts were pretty good.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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2018:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

DO YOU FIND YOURSELF SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT MEN IN DRESSES?<\/a>
\nA BROWSER FOR ALL SEASONS<\/a>
\nEDITING IMAGES UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME<\/a>
\nSTEEMIT BRINGS OUT MY INNER GEEK<\/a>
\nWHY ON EARTH HAVE I JUST CHANGED OVER TO A NEW ACCOUNT?<\/a>
\nI’M CELEBRATING TWO YEARS ON STEEMIT BY HAVING FOUR ACCOUNTS<\/a>
\nA BUNCH OF ARSE<\/a>
\nI HAVE BECOME A TOTALLY INHIBITED SIFTER<\/a>
\nHOW TO WRITE STEEMIT POSTS IN YOUR SLEEP<\/a>
\nBACK IN THE 90’S WE HAD A LOT MORE DRUGS WITH OUR BICYCLES<\/a>
\nALL THE GEEK SHIT REVISITED<\/a>
\nKURATAU IS ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC PLACES IN NEW ZEALAND<\/a>
\nI HAVE MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER.<\/a>
\nCU LATER YOU LIZ PUNKS<\/a>
\nDOES ANYONE ELSE HERE REALISE THAT ALEX JONES IS A ZIONIST SHILL<\/a>
\nFROLICKING WITH DOLPHINS IN THE MILFORD SOUND<\/a>
\nI LIKE TO TYPE BIG LONG POSTS WITH THOUSANDS OF WORDS<\/a>
\nTWO YEARS AGO I DID A POST ABOUT GOOD ETIQUETTE ON STEEMIT<\/a>
\nDOES ANYONE KNOW WHY CRYPTOS HAVE DROPPED SO MASSIVELY<\/a>
\nVACCINATIONS – POTENTIALLY LETHAL AND TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE<\/a>
\nAN UPDATE FROM THE DARK SIDE<\/a>
\nTHANKS TO EVERYONE ON STEEMIT FOR BEING AWESOME<\/a>
\nTHE TOUR DE DRUGS<\/a>
\nDID LANCE ARMSTRONG EVER REALLY HAVE CANCER?<\/a>
\nWE HAVE A NEW SUPPLEMENT THAT TASTES LIKE TOILET CLEANER!<\/a>
\nWhy is my Steemit name sift666?<\/a>
\nI HAVE COME BACK TO THE FOLD<\/a>
\nI’M COMING OUT ON STEEMIT.<\/a>
\nFROM WASHED UP HAS BEEN TO TECH GURU IN ONE DAY<\/a>
\nIS IT OK TO BE SHORT?<\/a>
\nHOW TO PULL IN MORE VOTES WITH CLICKBAIT IMAGES<\/a>
\nHEAD UP ARSE<\/a>
\nHOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND DISTURB PEOPLE<\/a>
\nTHERE IS A METHOD TO MY MADNESS<\/a>
\nBACK IN THE 90’S REAL MEN USED TO RIP THEIR NUTS RIGHT OFF<\/a>
\nI’M HAVING A BRAKE FROM BEING ANAL<\/a>
\nWHAT DOES “FROT” MEAN?<\/a>
\nSIX AWESOME STEEMIANS WHO ARE WORTH CHECKING OUT<\/a>
\nMY EVIL EXPERRYMENT – OBSERVATIONS PART 2<\/a>
\nSOME PICS THAT MADE ME ROLFLMAO<\/a>
\nDOES REPUTATION ON STEEMIT ACTUALLY MEAN ANYTHING ANYMORE?<\/a>
\nHOW TO EARN SEVEN LAMBOS A DAY BY ANALYSING CRYPTO TRENDS<\/a>
\nTIME FOR A NEO PASSPORT<\/a>
\nTHE GREATEST ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME<\/a>
\nBACK WHEN NEW ZEALAND MUSIC WAS THE HIPPEST IN THE WORLD<\/a>
\nWHAT HAVE I LEARNED SO FAR FROM MY STRANGE EXPERIMENT?<\/a>
\nI WANT PEOPLE TO JUST SPIT IT OUT AND STOP BLATHERING ON<\/a>
\nSTEEMIT HAS TURNED ME INTO A SKANKY WHORE<\/a>
\nCARS WITH CHICKEN LEGS HAVE BEEN DONE TO DEATH<\/a>
\nHOW TO TURN DOODLES INTO ART<\/a>
\nIS RESTEEMING THE SCOURGE OF STEEMIT?<\/a>
\nHEAD LIKE A HOLE<\/a>
\nHOW NOT TO DO A MUSIC POST<\/a>
\nSERIOUSLY! I AM MORE SERIOUS THAN YOU SO I AM MORE RIGHT PERIOD<\/a>
\nWhy Lamborghinis make better tractors than Ferraris<\/a>
\nINTRODUCE YOURSELF TO WWW.FROT.CO.NZ<\/a>
\nDENTAL HEALTH – Is it possible to heal your teeth?<\/a>
\nTHERE IS A NEW ANDROID APP CALLED STEEMPAD<\/a>
\nCOLD TURKEY DAY TWO<\/a>
\nA TRIP AROUND THE BLOCK<\/a>
\nAND THEN THE PENNY DROPPED<\/a>
\nAUSSIES CAN’T SPEAK PROPER<\/a>
\nI GOTTA QUIT MAN<\/a>
\nA PICTURE FROM MY RECENT ALIEN ABDUCTION<\/a>
\nOH BUGGER IT HERE IS A BUNCH OF MEMES<\/a>
\nREINTRODUCING MYSELF THROUGH THE STEEMIT NAME CHALLENGE<\/a>
\nIt’s pissing down so I did some freaky shit on my tablet<\/a>
\nMY CONSPIRACY WITHDRAWAL CONTINUES<\/a>
\n@SIFT666 HAS BEEN ABDUCTED AND PROBED<\/a>
\nI just found a post that I forgot to upload from well over a year ago!<\/a>
\nIs global warming another apocalyptic religious cult?<\/a>
\nEVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG<\/a>
\nTHE BIG LIE EXPOSED<\/a>
\nME ME ME<\/a>
\nSOMETIMES I SURF WHILE VISITING OTHER MIND DIMENSIONS.<\/a>
\nTRANSGENDER SHOOTER AT GOOGLE HEADQUARTERS IDENTIFIED<\/a>
\nWE NEED TO TALK<\/a>
\nIS DONALD CHUMP A PIONEER IN INTER-SPECIES SCALP TRANSFERAL<\/a>
\nTHREE SHEEPS A TIKI IN A MORRIE MINOR AND A GOAT<\/a>
\nIS STEEMIT GETTING OVERUN WITH SOCK PUPPET ACCOUNTS?<\/a>
\nA NEW LOW IN SPAMMING<\/a>
\nTHROBBING GRISTLE<\/a>
\nCOCA-COLA IS TOXIC ARSE JUICE<\/a>
\nARE WE ALL TOO SCARED TO POST ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL<\/a>
\nIs New Zealand’s prime minister actually a transvestite vampire?<\/a>
\nMUTATION IS MY FAVOURITE THING ON STEEMIT<\/a>
\nWHAT IS THE REAL AGENDA BEHIND TATTOOING?<\/a>
\nWHAT TO DO IF YOU JUST GOT YOUR CLOCK CLEANED ON THE CRYPTOS.<\/a>
\nThis steemit photo geek thing:<\/a>
\nWRITE A SHORTER POST YOU BORING OLD FART!<\/a>
\nTHE FLAT EARTH CON \u2013 BOLLOCKS 101<\/a>
\nPEAK OIL – A total con job, but the public have been programmed to believe it<\/a>
\nI CAN’T DECIDE WHICH LAMBO TO BUY<\/a>
\nCRYPTOCURRENCY 102 – MY PICKS FOR 2018<\/a>
\nHOW STONED CAN I BE AND STILL WRITE A STEEMIT POST?<\/a>
\nControversial Topics Art Contest Entry by @sift666<\/a>
\nThe funniest music video in the history of the universe<\/a>
\nFOOLS GOLD<\/a><\/p>\n

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2017:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

THE REAL VALUE OF STEEMIT<\/a>
\nSOMETIMES WE NEED TO RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE<\/a>
\nSOMETHING TOTALLY AWESOME HAS DISAPPEARED<\/a>
\nIt’s OK to admit it when you haven’t got a clue!<\/a>
\nCATS ARE INTROVERTS AND ANARCHISTS – LIKE A LOT OF STEEMIT USERS.<\/a>
\nA BROWN XMAS<\/a>
\nSEVEN LIFE LESSONS FROM THE B&W PHOTO CHALLENGE<\/a>
\nSeven Day Black and White Challenge Entry 7<\/a>
\nFear Of Colour (FOC)<\/a>
\nCONTROVERSIAL TOPICS ART CONTEST ENTRY TWO BY @SIFT666<\/a>
\nMY UNREASONABLE LIST OF DEMANDS FOR A BETTER STEEMIT<\/a>
\nSeven Day Black and White Challenge Entry One by @sift666<\/a>
\nSeven Day Black and White Challenge Entry 4<\/a>
\nSeven Day Black and White Challenge Entry 3<\/a>
\nCorporate logos for a Steemit world order<\/a>
\nSeven Day Black and White Challenge Entry 2<\/a>
\nRUNNING WITH AN UNTAMED DRAGON<\/a>
\nIS BITCOIN THE MODEL T FORD OF CRYPTOS?<\/a>
\nSeven Day Black and White Challenge Entry 6<\/a>
\nIN NEW ZEALAND WE CELEBRATE BLOWING UP POLITICIANS<\/a>
\nTHE LONGEST COMMENT EVER POSTED ON STEEMIT<\/a>
\nCONTROVERSIAL TOPICS ART CONTEST ENTRY ONE BY @SIFT666<\/a>
\nI JUST DREW AN ARSEMAN IN THE TOILET<\/a>
\nSeven Day Black and White Challenge Entry 5<\/a>
\nOVER 10000 AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER OF BEING SUED<\/a>
\nDOES ANYONE REALLY WATCH VIDEOS ON STEEMIT?<\/a>
\nWHAT WAS THE MOTIVE FOR THE VEGAS FALSE FLAG SHOOTING?<\/a>
\nFILTERED PHOTOS FROM THE WELLINGTON WATERFRONT<\/a>
\nWhat is going on with this page?<\/a>
\n15 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND<\/a>
\nIS HAVING MORE FOLLOWERS ALWAYS A GOOD THING?<\/a>
\nTHEY JUST DISAPPEARED WITHOUT TRACE<\/a>
\nHAVE I BEEN HACKED OR BLOCKED?<\/a>
\nHow are you?<\/a>
\nHave I been conned by my new followers?<\/a>
\nA NEW APP FOR STEEMIT HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED<\/a>
\nI\u2019M HAVING A BREAK FROM STEEMIT.COM TODAY<\/a>
\nIS THERE A WAY TO STOP THE ZIONISTS<\/a>
\nAND I WANNA BE<\/a>
\nNORTH KOREA HAS INVADED SOUTH KOREA AND STARTED WORLD WAR 3<\/a>
\nCelebrating having 800 followers (Part 8 in a series)<\/a>
\nSteemit Photo Challenge 54 – Fluffy Maine Coon<\/a>
\nSIFT666 IS BACK AND LOOKING TO WORK OUT HOW<\/a>
\nWHO KILLED BOB MARLEY?<\/a>
\nWAS THE BITCOIN FORK JUST AN EXCUSE FOR AMERICANS TO FREAK OUT?<\/a>
\nI AM NEW TO STEAMIT<\/a>
\nPUNCH AND JUDY ARE PUPPETS!<\/a>
\nPOST THE SORT OF CONTENT ON STEEMIT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE<\/a>
\nA CENSORSHIP THREAT TO STEEMIT<\/a>
\nOLD TIME STEEMERS LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD TO NEWBS<\/a>
\nKiwis vs Aussies<\/a>
\nTHE COLOR PURPLE<\/a>
\nIS STEEMIT LIKE A COUNTRY BEING FLOODED WITH IMMIGRANTS?<\/a>
\nPAINTING IN THE STREETS<\/a>
\nNot Safe For Americans (NSFA)<\/a>
\nA purple face painting<\/a>
\nThe three cardinal sins on Steemit.<\/a>
\nHow to avoid losing everything in the blink of an eye.<\/a>
\nHOW MANY KIWIS ARE HERE ON STEEMIT?<\/a>
\nREVIEW OF VICOD 5G VAPE<\/a>
\nThe most overpriced apartments in the world<\/a>
\nThere is a kitten in our toilet<\/a>
\nMY NEW VAPE IS ORANGE<\/a>
\nA VERY ORANGE VALIANT REGAL.<\/a>
\nHave the payouts on Steemit turned into a mass circle jerk?<\/a>
\nSTEEMIT IS REPLACING BLOGS, SPAMS AND FAKEBOOKS<\/a>
\nARE SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK\u2019N\u2019ROLL VERBOTEN SUBJECTS ON STEEMIT?<\/a>
\nTOSS YOUR VOTES ABOUT LIKE CONFETTI<\/a>
\nNINE MONTHS AGO I DID A POST ABOUT ASSES<\/a>
\nMY NEW VAPE ARRIVED AND IT\u2019S AWESOME<\/a>
\nHow to remain unseen on Steemit.<\/a>
\nHANGING OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS<\/a>
\nAMERICAN GODS JUST BLEW MY DOORS OFF<\/a>
\nMy favourite colour – Indigo<\/a>
\nI HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED THIS T-SHIRT IS PURPLE<\/a>
\nDON\u2019T WORRY BE HAPPY<\/a>
\nSELL YOUR BITCOIN NOW BEFORE THE BUBBLE BURSTS<\/a>
\nDOES ANYONE STILL RIDE MOTORBIKES?<\/a>
\nYachts in Wellington Harbour floating on Indigo water<\/a>
\nWE MAY BE DEVICE ADDICTS<\/a>
\nHOT LEATHER CLAD BABES ON MOTORBIKES vs. CRYPTOCURRENCY CHARTS<\/a>
\nMY WHOPPING GREAT STEEMIT SIGNATURE<\/a>
\nInspired by @nonameslefttouse<\/a>
\nSHOOTING FOR THE MOON<\/a>
\nMouldylocks on Youtub<\/a>
\nCRYPTOCURRENCY 101<\/a>
\nSOLID PROOF THAT IN 1969 LED ZEPPELIN INVENTED EVERYTHING.<\/a>
\nThe comment that became a post<\/a>
\nTaking Photos in the Weta Workshop.<\/a>
\nANYONE KNOW WHAT’S UP WITH THE IMAGE HOSTING SITES?<\/a>
\nHas Steemit just become one of those sites where people post pictures<\/a>
\nIs Pinterest becoming another evil social media site like Fakebook?<\/a>
\nFROM VOLCOM TO MOOLOV<\/a>
\nTHE LION THE PORNSTAR AND THE POLAR BEAR<\/a>
\nFeline wisdom for today<\/a>
\nSucked into a Steemit vortex by a couple of bird cushions.<\/a>
\nOvernight my Steemit fortune has disappeared. Have I been hardforked?<\/a>
\nI’ve Been Taking Photos Of Strangers Again.<\/a>
\nEarthing<\/a>
\nWE ARE AWESOME<\/a>
\nHow to fix the Steemit flagging and downvoting issues in two easy steps.<\/a>
\nIt takes all sorts<\/a>
\nA WEIRD ATTRACTION TO FREAKS<\/a>
\nJust harden up and deal with it!<\/a>
\nMy timeline is filled with experimental anger so here is some art<\/a>
\nA bunch of conspiracies that the public have fallen for hook line and sinker.<\/a>
\nTHE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT<\/a>
\nWhy do computer systems all generate geek fanboy cults?<\/a>
\nEver totally missed a season?<\/a>
\nPutting on a different hat on Steemit<\/a>
\nMAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN<\/a>
\nSteemit Photo Challenge #32 – Three trees from Lake Taupo New Zealand<\/a>
\nEver get a song that you just keep rocking out to all day?<\/a>
\nTwo Decimal Point Changes That Could Transform Steemit Overnight<\/a>
\nThree cool things I’ve noticed on Steemit today<\/a>
\nTHE HOT NEW TREND IN BEARDS<\/a>
\nTHE EVOLUTION OF BILL GATES<\/a>
\nDoes Steemit have a new image posting thing that makes it easier<\/a>
\nNOT SAFE FOR WORK<\/a>
\nDOWN ON THE DOCKS<\/a>
\nA NEW YEAR SPACE INVADER<\/a>
\nNOT SAFE FOR WORK ULTRA HARDCORE PORN (NSFW)<\/a>
\nVISION FOR A NEW AMERICA<\/a>
\nHOT KARL ACTION \u2013 KICK ARSE ROCK MUSIC FROM THIS CENTURY<\/a>
\nSTEEMIT TOOLS<\/a>
\nANY OPINIONS ON MEDIUM?<\/a>
\nHOT BABOON ACTION – MUSIC IN THE 21ST CENTURY<\/a><\/p>\n

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2016:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

My plan for world domination through website and social media use<\/a>
\nCOOL RIDES<\/a>
\nVEGAN COFFEE<\/a>
\nMERRY XMAS EVERYONE<\/a>
\nSteemit page view icon<\/a>
\nSpace is a commodity<\/a>
\nSOME COOL REACTIONS TO THE KILLERY VS TRUMP THING<\/a>
\nA good shake up in New Zealand<\/a>
\nGUY FAWKES IN WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND<\/a>
\nSteemit Photo Challenge #19 Human Body – Entry 2 – Parallel Body Dimensions<\/a>
\nSteemit Photo Challenge #19 Human Body – Entry 1 – Working Until I bleed<\/a>
\nAMERICA \u2013 LAUGH OR CRY<\/a>
\nSteemit Photo Challenge Entry #18 Transport – Massive Grunty V8<\/a>
\nBack in frontier days<\/a>
\nA WALK AROUND THE BLOCK<\/a>
\nSelf help techniques to calm a freaking mind<\/a>
\nLIFE, DEATH AND STEEMIT<\/a>
\nI\u2019M GIVING UP, I\u2019M GOING TO QUIT<\/a>
\nKillary caught out yet again<\/a>
\nTHE MARTIAN ANAL DIVISION<\/a>
\nIs longer really better?<\/a>
\nGlobal Warming \u2013 The new apocalypse<\/a>
\nThe South Island of New Zealand<\/a>
\nTen Things We Are Not Being Told About Diet (Part One)<\/a>
\nWhy a Facebook misfit belongs on Steemit<\/a>
\nPaper before processor<\/a>
\nThe Great American Fart \u2013 A NOVEL<\/a>
\nSTEEMIT VS WORDPRESS<\/a>
\nSIX CHANGES I\u2019D LOVE TO SEE ON STEEMIT<\/a>
\nThis new Steemit photo geek thing<\/a>
\nTHE DEVOLUTION OF WINDOWS<\/a>
\nThe Ancient Art of the Body Double<\/a>
\nAtomic bombs are a complete con job \u2013 they don\u2019t even exist.<\/a>
\nGOOD ETIQUETTE ON STEEMIT<\/a>
\nTen More Things We Are Not Being Told About Diet (Part Two)<\/a>
\nThe killer thumbnail image \u2013 HOT CLICK BAIT<\/a>
\nDid Facebook kill off email?<\/a>
\nHOW\u2019S YOUR ARSE?<\/a>
\nIT’S BEYOND OUR CONTROL<\/a>
\nTHE LONGEST COMMENT<\/a>
\nMY OBSESSIVE POLAROID PHOTO FETISH<\/a>
\nIS STEEMIT THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET OR JUST THE NEW FACEBOOK?<\/a>
\nMy first Steemit post<\/a>
\nWhere has my Steemit dollar fortune gone?<\/a>
\nIN YER FACE – The fine art of intimate portrait photography<\/a>
\nI HAD A LIST!<\/a>
\nPHOTOS FROM THE BEAUTIFUL WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND WATERFRONT<\/a>
\nSome complete bollocks that believers have fallen for hook line and sinker<\/a>
\nWHAT TIME IS IT?<\/a>
\nWHAT TIME IS IT? – REVISITED<\/a><\/p>\n

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STEEMIT TOOLS<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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There were many handy Steemit tools. These are some that I have used, that were still working last I checked. They are slowly disappearing though.
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Steem MD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Shows all your technical data, including who you have voted for, who has voted for you, and comments by or to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Remember to enter your own Steemit user name for all these sites or they won’t do anything)<\/em>
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https:\/\/steemd.com<\/strong><\/a>
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Steem Bot Tracker<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The place to go to upvote your posts with bots.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/steembottracker.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Steem Spectacles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Find out who your most loyal and valuable followers are.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/steemspectacles.com<\/a>
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Steemwhales<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Shows rankings by reputation, post count, followers, following, posting rewards, curation rewards and estimated value of your account.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/steemwhales.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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SteemVP<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Find out who your most valuable followers are.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter your username (without the @)<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/steemvp.com\/<\/a>
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Auto Steem<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Auto vote authors you want to support<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/autosteem.learnthis.ca<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Steem Now
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See your voting power<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.steemnow.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Steem Tools
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For a bunch more Steemit tools see this site<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/steemtools.com\/<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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SOME VERY BASIC STEEMIT FORMATTING NOTES<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Headers –<\/strong> Using\u00a0 “#” up to 5 times in a row “#####” before the text will give you Heading sized text decreasing from largest to smallest with the number of “#” used.<\/p>\n

eg. # Biggest Heading down to ##### Smallest Heading<\/p>\n

(leave a space after # and it’s just at the start)<\/p>\n

Italics<\/strong> – Surround a word or phrase with an asterisk “*” on each side<\/p>\n

eg. *example*<\/p>\n

Bold<\/strong> – Surround a word or phrase with a double asterisk “**”<\/p>\n

eg. **example**<\/p>\n

Links<\/strong> – Use the format [TEXTgoes Here inside brackets](httpLinkGoesHere inside parentheses)<\/p>\n

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WAS STEEMIT ALL JUST A CIA PSYOP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

EVENTUALLY I WAS SEEING SO MUCH DODGY SHIT GOING ON WITH STEEMIT IT BOGGLED MY MIND<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sadly things all went horribly wrong and my three year experiment in blockchain based social media lead to me think that the whole thing was a CIA psyop right from the start.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some “conspiracy theorist” I turned out to be – I got suckered bigtime…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Never mind, I learned a lot, it really helped my blogging, I made some friends, and I even made some actual money for the first two years. But in order to fit into the scene I turned a blind eye to a bunch of stuff that was glaringly obvious really. Especially with the benefit of hindsight…<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Steemit is still a fully functioning website, but my own belief in it is over. I still keep an eye on it, but I’m not really into it anymore, and am mainly trying to work out what the scams are actually achieving. <\/strong><\/p>\n

For two years I was obsessed with Steemit, I had four accounts, did over 350 full length blog posts and many thousands of comments, had nearly 3000 followers, and earned thousands of dollars in payouts. But by late 2018 I could see that it was not what it seemed and we had been played like a fiddle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is all just guesswork and may prove to be wrong as the saga unfolds, but at the start of 2019 these were my speculations of what may be going on:
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\u00a0 I strongly suspect Steemit was originally set up by the CIA, just like Fakebook was, and that<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Dan Larimer\u2019s<\/a> father Stan works for the CIA. And like the CIA, Steemit’s headquarters are in Langley Virginia.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dan is most likely not really a tech genius but is just a mid level computer geek with all the usual geek mental development issues. Just like Suckerberg.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

And Dan is really only a front man for a far more talented CIA development team, he was chosen because of his father and because he is geek enough to be credible in that role. <\/b><\/strong>
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Ned was not really part of the initial set up. He was chosen to be a frontman for Steemit (his appearance was his main selling point) but ultimately he was always destined to be a public failure. Like Suckerberg, Ned is just a fall guy.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Steemit was never meant to become the next Fakebook, but was mainly set up to be a test site for a bunch of psyops.\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>
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Because there are several operatives playing some of the key accounts, sometimes they swap roles and are clearly not the same person. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes totally fake posts are actively promoted by biggest accounts. And the propaganda site Wikileaks is relentlessly promoted as a credible source. That is pretty common online, but on Steemit it is by bloggers purporting to be serious conspiracy researchers, while the whole Julian Assange\/Wikileaks psyop is obvious bollocks to anyone who bothers to check.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The main accounts all have insider connections and are working various voting scams. For example, one obviously dodgy account known as “Haejin” (the wealthiest account on Steemit) constantly drains out reward pool money. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the pre alpha days of Steemit the insiders set up a bunch of accounts. One of them was called \u201cBernie Sanders\u201d. There are thousands of fake accounts on Steemit, but the Bernie Sanders account and its 200+ bots seems to dominate them all, and it has clearly shifted its underlying agenda several times – most notably from initially encouraging new users, to later trying to drive all real (non-bot) accounts off the platform. The \u201cBernie Sanders\u201d account has also become ever more aggressive and constantly has fake arguments with other fake accounts over subjects such as vaccinations (one day it suddenly became militantly pro-vax).
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“The head flaggot is a pig demon who walks erect, seizing violators and squeezing the shit out of them, which he grinds into their mouths and noses until they suffocate”<\/em>
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THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAKE ACCOUNTS ON STEEMIT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The most obvious ones are the bots – there are upvote bots, downvote bots, bots to alert other bots – the place is crawling with bots – bots even vote, comment, and have wars with each other. It is estimated that more than half the accounts on Steemit are bots<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second type of fake accounts are more cunning. They are fronted by actors who produce videos, post photos of themselves, and appear to be constantly posting and commenting. What is a typical fake account like? – often they are popular, with over 5000 followers, they have a high rep – over 70, they have quite a lot of $ in their wallet – over $20k, they commonly started out pretty early – often in June or July 2016 (prior to the big Jeff Berwick PR push in August), and they tend to post a lot. Not entertaining or fun content, but stuff about cryptos, geek stuff, Steemit, politics, news. Some mid level conspiracies, but nothing too deep.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They tend to be reasonably presentable – better looking than you might expect for\u00a0 geeks who do nothing but write Steemit posts and do computer stuff. Rather than looking like fat geeks, they look like male (and sometimes female) models. Maybe because they are…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Their lives make no sense – supposedly they lead active lives doing all sorts of stuff, but somehow manage to constantly monitor everything that is happening on Steemit – they never change their opinions or interests, but just keep on constantly doing posts, replying to comments, engaging in chat room discussions. But the really big one: unlike real people, after two years they don’t burn out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone who uses Steemit for more than two years tends to burn out – they become disillusioned, they miss all their friends who have quit, they miss getting payouts, and they have to admit they were deliberately turning a blind eye to all the bullshit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are going backwards and they know it. But the fake accounts never get to that point – they keep on saying the same stuff, the same amount of times, day in and day out. They never acknowledge that the Steemit platform is collapsing around them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These fake accounts are the PR face of Steemit – promoting the platform, and promoting cryptos. Without let up. Any realistic criticism for cryptos is ignored. They get hundreds of comments on their posts. Boring meaningless messages of support from accounts with no money or posting history. Bots.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’d say the main aim of Steemit (along with promoting cryptos and scamming a lot of money) was always to develop AI in social media.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

To start off with, along with all the fake witnesses, a large number of the prominent accounts were fake \u2013 some very obviously. A good example was @sweetsssj<\/a> – which was always clearly a production team with at least a model, a photographer, a writer, several on site assistants, an organizer and an investor. She earned over $1000 per post, and churned them out like clockwork. One person did point this out but was immediately flagged off the platform, so the rest of us shut our faces.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A less obvious fake account is the often entertaining and informative shill Jeff Berwick<\/a> \u2013 he is real but he has a big team behind him. Another main agenda of Steemit was to promote cryptos. He also promotes the idea of a global financial meltdown (the global warming of economics?)<\/b><\/strong>
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So it was always clear that there were a lot of fake accounts, but what was less obvious to begin with was that some of them were not human at all. They were AI accounts. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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An account called “@bloom” was a good example of an early very low level AI account \u2013 It never posted anything and just flagged posts where the balance to keep the post flagged could be assisted with extra input from its 11,000sp wallet<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The AI accounts developed rapidly until they could comment and actually pass for real if you didn’t look too closely. But what gave them away apart from being humourless morons is that they endlessly aim to create controversy and disagreement.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

A more advanced example of an AI account designed to create controversy was @anarchyhasnogods \u2013 this is what a primitive AI argument might look like \u2013 but it does get a bit repetitive – https:\/\/steemit.com\/steemstem\/@anarchyhasnogods\/man-kidnaps-and-strangles-women-telling-her-he-is-going-to-kill-her-all-for-sexual-gratification-is-given-stern-warning-by-judge<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

They appear to have humans overseeing them and creating some posts and comments, but leaving the AI part of the persona to trawl though all the posts making comments.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of why Steemit never really grew or developed as a site after 2017 is because that was not the aim. The aim was to develop the AI side of it until it got to the point where a huge portion of the accounts are AI. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eventually that side of things was pushed too far and more cracks started to show. The flagging looked ridiculous, the comments could bore a rock to death, and the site ran worse by the day.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Once an AI account starts flagging your account, it’s screwed. And a large number of real Steemit users have been driven off the platform using flagging. Leaving mostly AI accounts. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Why on earth did I keep on using it? – Because I was addicted, and wanted to still be part of an amazing site again like it was in 2017, so for months I put off admitting to myself that it was all over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

WHAT IS THE REAL PURPOSE OF CRYPTOS?
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Cryptos, starting with Bitcoin, appear to be a giant scam, and yet another a zionist plot \u2013 aiming towards a one world currency. Probably they will be fine tuned and manipulated up and down for years, creating insider profits until the timing is right to crash the global economy starting with America, and force in a one world currency. Problem, reaction, solution.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

But I’m not saying to avoid cryptos – I’ve made some good profits on cryptos and although I think they are totally corrupt, I still think if you are aware of that, and take profits when you can, they are worth playing. Having already done that, I can’t really lose – if they become worthless overnight, at this point I’m still ahead. And I will happily accept payments in cryptos – that side of things works fine.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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www.steemit.com<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n
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