The Steemit bug (also known as Steemititis) is a highly contagious virus that has spread like wildfire through the virtual community of Steemit. Thousands of users are currently suffering from this rapidly spreading disease and may not even know it. If you or or someone you love is suffering, please know the warning signs.

Symptoms

• Lack of sleep
• Constant refreshing of one's blog
• Revolving one's life around peak whale activity
• Urgent need to make virtual friends
• Obsessive upvoting
• Constant brainstorming for new posts
• Neurotic monitoring of whale-tracking sites
• Sudden obsession with cryptocurrency
• Combing the white paper for the third time this week
• Regular 2 AM comment binges
• Eye strain
• Referring to people as aquatic creatures
• Staring at the Submit a Post page for ten minutes before closing it in defeat
• Nervously second guessing one's hashtag choices
• Annoyance at the limited selection of royalty-free images
• Mental exhaustion

Doctors do not fully understand this mysterious disease. If you identified with several of the symptoms listen above, it is probably too late. There is no cure, only remedies to ease the effects. A cup of tea or coffee and a nap during whale inactivity is generally the best treatment to get you back on your feet and ready to blog again.