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RE: [ Housekeeping ] Internet gurus, bidbots and fortunes lost
There are totally no ethical bidbots. it takes a lot of community downvoting to erase 700 dollars. People here prefer to use their vote power to upvote their own comments rather than right a wrong
Bots are also against freedom of speech. If I speak against them then i get flagged. So I have to be silent. Most of the times I feel panic to contradict someones opinion.
Speaking out on things has likely cost me a fair bit of support but in general, Steem is pretty good for these kinds of discussions I think. Even if there are opposing views, the large accounts generally argue and then walk away.
yes! I compositely agree. I said it because I got flagged once for expressing may be due to culture difference. But I have seen many articles where hundreds of people involve in argumentative healthy discussion.
There may be but, these generally aren't it. Ethical requires at the very least sensitivity to influencing factors.
some like buildawhale maintain a blacklist but only for plagerism and scamming. None of them seem to care about people getting 1000's in votes for a shitpost
none of them care because it requires checking before payment. It is better to take payment and then let the community decide (which it doesn't have the stake to do). How many accounts does it take to knock 1000 dollars off a post? Those that would care also likely care about curating content also so it is a loss on both sides plus, they lose earning potential too.
It is not uncommon in the real world either for enterprises to let the costs of cleaning up pollution be borne by the community.
And that has worked out well for the various ecosystems...
Oh yes.
I just let the Piglet speak out on the subject; let's see if it yields some reactions. Then again, few seem to care anymore about such things.
You can force a vote reversal by giving the user a 50% refund. For @promobot, UI at http://Promovotes.com
I think putting a maximum amount on votes would work. The only bot I use is a charity bot - @treeplanter - and the maximum amount they will double is 0.1 SBD. If you send them more than that, you don't get a bigger upvote, you just donated to plant more trees. And the bot can only vote a post once. It's not going to put anyone on trending, but it's fundraising and a way for us small fish to give a special upvote extra when by ourselves we can't vote much. That kind of bot, I think is cool.