That is a good PR move from you, and since i know you are a Very intelligent businessman i couldn't expect less.
But let's talk a bit about the contradictions.
First i have read some of @chbartist post, not my kind of reading, but he pass in the abuse checklist:
- Original content
- Not spams
- There is effort in his content
- A lot people read and have real Interaction with his posts.
His sin? Spend money to stay on the trending page.
Meanwhile, we can see posts like this, and this, and this (the last user seems to be downloading YouTube videos and uploading on dtube) using the same services (smartsteem) and dont get this kind of reaction.
Not to say the shittier posts we see from time to time on trending using bid-bots including smartsteem services.
But since @chbartist brought attention from the big boys to what your service is promoting, i guess that would be bad publicity right?
I dont mind the existence of bid-bots, but treating an user in a different way only because he got more attention than others is not a good thing on my view.
But dont mind me. I am Just a minnow writing what i think...
Thanks, but this isn't a PR move. And the blacklist status isn't due to his content, but due to months of trending page abuse.
And regarding the posts you linked:
I will not judge content as long as those people aren't exceeding the promotion limits. I've already told @dinver that he should tone down his promotion few days ago.
In the end, promotion is also a tool to distribute wealth even more. And I don't want stakeholders who use Smartsteem to earn with their stake to have the feeling they are supporting trash trending content.
Regardless, thank you for the comment, @phgnomo. It is valuable regardless of your wallet-size.