Do you think OCDB positively affects distribution, or just has a "less negative" impact then "regular" bots? I still think the overall distribution is on the side of rich getting richer but more slowly with a bit faster creation of a middle class.
Ive considered a few times using OCDB but ive been doing so amazingly well these last few weeks ever since i started using steempress and with curatorhulk helping out, so i think im just about at the Steem accumulation level which if i exceeded by using OCDB, id feel undeserving and ungrateful. When i used to pump my posts to $30-$40 id earn less then i do now and generally folks didnt like that. Its a bit different with OCDB but the stigma is kind of still there if im being honest.
This of course, in a perfect world I'd love if big accounts were delegating to delegation projects instead who got a cut than bid bot owners. The "less" part may become "more" if we take a piece of their pies though.
Well you are already in the game here taking customers away from them.
My fear is though that you might attract delegators that have been very generous with their stake up until now that might not have delegated to bots before like @blocktrades. (Not that i know of)
Kpine/riverhead is someone that has been supporting creators for as long as i can remember. He changed everything for so many and he pulled delegation from @kpine yesterday. If he opts for OCDB instead, that will be a huge loss for Steem and Steem creators.
I fear this appeal OCDB might have towards accounts that were always generally generous.
Imo, OCDB could actually have a negative impact overall depending on what kind of delegator it attracts.
Attracting curators would be bad. Stealing delegators from other bots is good. Not sure where you are now in that regard..
You are right, that's not something we would want moving forward. For what it's worth we haven't contacted users like freedom to delegate to us or in this case riverhead, I hope he doesn't delegate cause we barely survived the previous big delegation by providing enough liquid steem to ocdb for the curation payouts, lol. Hoping users will become more generous with their voting power once prices are high enough for them to feel more comfortable with it.
just realized I was meant to say this above, in case it caused any misunderstanding.