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RE: Refilling the Rewards Pool when Cheaters are in the Mist
A code solution doesn’t do anything but create a minor impediment. Users intent on abusive self voting will just create secondary accounts. So it’s best to leave the option for those who utilize self voting responsibly and in moderation.
Except, based on the post above, the flaggers above are going after self-voting. They wouldn't see, or at least aren't currently paying attention to, the secondary account voting issue. Blocking self-voting (or reducing it to 2 self-votes per day?) would allow them more time to go after spam-bots, plagarized posts, etc.
@steemcleaners & @spaminator don't flag for self-voting by itself. The post or account has to have some other type of abuse or voting collusion.
I'd much rather allow self-voting. The accounts I control - @spaminator, @mack-bot, @zoee & @patrice self-vote. ¯(ツ)/¯
I also use this account to upvote @zoee & @mack-bot right now to increase their SP. I end up upvoting @spaminator when the person my vote bot follows upvotes it.
It's all out there in the open for anyone to see and flag if they don't like it.
There are those that are already creating multiple accounts for proxy self voting. Limiting or eliminating self voting will just mean more users will create new accounts to self-vote. It won't be as out in the open as it is now for the community to disagree with and flag.
Indeed, capping the number of self votes might be a fairer solution