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RE: Steembot Experiment, Part 2: I Miscalculated
Thank you for this follow-up post and the new data. It's fascinating. I also appreciate your neutral stance on the issue of bidbots and have taken on board what @raj808 says which suggests a conflict between the original goals of the platform and what he describes as its gamification.
Elements of your arguments seem to me, to be diametrically opposed, but you and he, @josephsavage and I, all seem to agree that the trending page does the entire Steemit community a disservice.
I remain neutral to bidbots because they're simply tools. I can hate the hammer because Org decided to bash in Borf's head with it or realize that had Org decided to build a house instead he'd have done both he and Borf a tremendous service. Org made a bad decision. ;-)
Makes perfect sense. A poor craftsman blames his tools.
Yes, and not just craftsmen. Everyone else too. All this ranting about bidbots is just useless noise if no one realizes that bidbots don't act on their own. There is always a wizard behind the curtain. He might be a short little imp-looking unimpressive specimen of the human race, but what a smart imp!
It's not wise to hate the rock for making a hole in the caveman's skull. It didn't fly on its own.
Wisdom, alas, lost on many here who indulge in ad hominems...
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