_{*After nearly one month of experimenting and abstaining from self-voting, that's done.*} *I'm not a villain for self-voting. It's socially acceptable here.* ![NoNamesLeftToUse - Snap.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQme8MruthHhR2sKHkmCZEggWntASqqKFvsKxcCvY2oRcrm/NoNamesLeftToUse%20-%20Snap.jpeg) # I Wrote A Post Recently ^{*I was looking for a few fresh new faces.*} I made it clear, **"If your mind allows you to think it's okay to purchase something that is free, this offer isn't for you. Please leave now."** I meant it. Of course a few came along with kind words and were interested in having a chance at seeing a few of my votes someday. I pay attention though. Never again will I be so fucking gullible. It's bad enough I've had sycophants coming to my blog to kiss my fucking ass and tell me how great I am with the hopes of being rewarded. ![Screenshot (377).png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmd15AG2yWU6KKLiuaumh6RdJ5azTft6jrPsr3Ep7KuMod/Screenshot%20(377).png)^{Thanks, buddy!} Making sacrifices so I can help others, and then be stabbed in the back? No, sorry, not happening. I want to support people for some of the same reasons people have supported me. I wasn't taking their votes and buying beer, or votes, or paying rent. I'd work, graciously accept their generosity, power it up, and attempt to be part of the crowd who's here to help build the place up, not use it and abuse it. That's who I want to support! Not these two-faced fucks! # So, If An Artist Comes Along ^{and says, "Sure! I'm struggling and would love your support!"} Takes my vote, buys more votes, and essentially makes my work vanish out of sight... ### Fuck you and your smiley two-face. Kiss my ass. **Remember that time I wrote up a post and apologized to someone here for creating a shit-show under their post?** We spoke in private then; I was fed a fucking line of bullshit! That character told me they were going to make a few changes and attempt to be more supportive of the art community here. I thought they'd use their experience and take on a leadership role, based on what I was told. That got me excited and I was looking forward to the results. I take it all back. That character didn't change. I felt lied to so after a few weeks of sitting here and feeling like a gullible fucking idiot, I reached out in private, again. >Let's pretend Steemit is a sidewalk. People are travelling along, window shopping. Artists put their work in those windows and hope people look. Then someone comes along with posters and covers the windows with their work. If your work was the work being covered up, how would you feel? > >Now look around. We don't even need to pretend because that's what you're doing to ALL of the artists here when you go all out and buy your votes like you did here, again, today. And for what? There isn't even any art to see here. These are free to use images, while all these other artists here struggle to get noticed, you think your free images are worth $1000 like some of that stuff we'd see in those windows if we were actually allowed to look? > >"Gone is the image of the starving artist." Your words. > >That's right. We can't see their stuff. They don't stand a chance to make this front page, ever, and they continue to be the starving artist we can't see. > >"The steemit community means the world to me and I look forward to posting daily content with all of you." Your words. > >Actions speak louder than words. Recently someone did a nice write up for you. You resteemed it, it's the post in your blog before this one. You handed over your SP to bots and you could only give that member a penny for their efforts. > >I once wrote a nice post about you. Apologized and drove all kinds of traffic to your page. I take it back. You played me for a fool. Everything you said to me was bullshit. I'm disappointed in you. --- ^{No response. Probably thinks _I'm_ the bad guy. Typical sociopath.} ### It seems more and more artists here would sooner walk all over the people who can help them instead of working as a team and actually earning some goddamn money. ^*Moronic.* We could the setting the stage, working together, building the roads now, together, that help propel the future art scene to the forefront but **nope**! These dumb fucks want it all for themselves. So fuck them, they get nothing from me. This is a two-way street and I'm sick of feeling like I'm taking it up the ass **hard** down a one way lane. ## So yeah, ^{I'll vote for myself again.} The community here gave me the opportunity to do so and many of them do the same. This is fine. I'm not sacrificing my hard earned SP on *takers* and useless sycophants. I'm also powering up, as per usual, so I can give more to the **true** members of this community and we'll grow together. You know what? One of my favorite members of this platform recently gave his daughter 200 STEEM. She bought a scooter with that and granted herself the ability to travel freely. Big smile on her face. I've been supporting that man for well over a year, one of his biggest supporters. I'm so goddamn proud to see my efforts not being wasted. I will continue to support that man for years to come. Forever, if possible, and I feel so fucking proud to be able to say I helped. The rest of you minnows who want support can pay for my goddamn vote, **if that's your style**. Send me your link along with your money. I won't even look at your post, because that's what you want. You get what you pay for and I get to earn money because you're a sucker. The rest of us can grow together, be a team. **Why should I even post anymore!** If all you folks are just going to push my work away with paid votes, and because of that I can earn more selling this fucking vote of mine, **why should I work!** I could make you all *my little bitches* and you wouldn't mind! That's what you want! You want to work for an audience who gets paid more than you do for performing, as they look away and don't even see your shit! Thousands of eyes are concentrated into one vote that you'll gladly pay for. That's your style! Your head is screwed on but it's backwards! You get exactly what you pay for. Nearly two years of working my ass off, trying to make something of myself here. **I stand no chance of climbing the ladder and getting ahead because of two-faced little sack of shit minnows who brown-nose and like to cut in line.** Where's my incentive to stick around now? ## I'll Stay ^{And watch my support dwindle down to nothing.} **Just to prove a point.** I shall demonstrate the future you are paying for as you earn nothing to get here and thanks for fucking up my life. Good job. # Have a nice day. ![linebreak1](http://i.imgur.com/RhgHUmy.jpg)**Credits:**_{**All images seen here were produced digitally, by me.**} ![](http://i.imgur.com/xDkoVls.jpg)_{***"Drops the mic..."***} ^{**© 2018 @NoNamesLeftToUse. All rights reserved.**}^{[**Follow @NoNamesLeftToUse**](https://steemit.com/@nonameslefttouse)}