The Bots Are As Thick As Flies Around A Pile Of Fresh Shit
I think the best way to deal with this problem is mute the spammers and annoying bots. They will not be able to grow their reputation and eventually will leave from lack of growth. It saves my peace of mind using this method, I am not angry or full of revenge, just resigned to the way the world works. Many people come on Steemit looking to make a little money but do not have any content or skills in this digital world that sells or interest people. That is something that should be stated when selling Steemit to the general public. You need to produce quality content that will interest other people. Many people come from cultures that are not like ours and begging is part of how they function in their society. I don't get angry, I just get annoyed because this behavior along with spamming gets in my way of finding quality content I can promote and grow for the Steemit community.
I checked my wallet the other day and someone has sent me .0001 SBD telling me this is the last day to join their free Steem or SBD giveaway, contest or Birthday, what ever. I let this slide for a while but now, along with the resteem bots, upvote/down vote bots, buy vote bots, I am getting annoyed. So now when a bot post something on my comment section or sends me 0.0001 SBD I just mute them.
In the beginning of my Steemit journey back in September of 2016 I followed everyone who followed me. However after Steem hit $2.00 and we had thousands of people join I deleted all the people I followed except for those I had interactions with, my stream was too overwhelming to curate. But my home stream became limited and stale, so I added a 1300 of my followers and my home stream turned into a resteem stream. I started muting anyone who has more resteems than articles, I felt as if I was being buzzed by a bunch of flies.
As I was muting a dozen resteem bots yesterday I had an idea for a painting. I painted my mental condition regarding the influx of bots here on steemit. I don't know how the bots will be integrated here on Steemit. I like some of them, like putting my favorites and promising up and coming Steemians on an upvote bot and Cheetah Bot catching plagiarizers. However the upvote bots I use never filled up someone's comment section with automated, "I upvoted your $," by so and so bot before. That is also annoying. The resteem bots are making it difficult for me to curate my stream, not anymore! They are all muted now.
I feel a lot better after I finished this piece of art. It is true, art is good therapy! My husband suggested I fashion some of my bots after the Steven Spielberg movie, "Batteries Not Included," which I did. I took the classic cartoon of a woman screaming as my mind screaming at overwhelming data from the resteem bots. The resteem bots are my idea, those irritating flies that try and land on you all the time and won't leave you alone until you leave or squash them!
You can buy this piece for $70.00 of SBD, Steem, or (BTC address 14qczv4rtGiNjRagCN1doJk5WM21MmMZ4y). This price includes shipping without matting or frame
Hope your week is productive Steemians!
A link to My Blog
Sick painting.
Dude, I have got to give you credit for diligence! Have the downvote bots left you alone now?
Yeah its been like 2-3 months sense that person has hit me. hopefully all that crap is done with.
:D
hahaha, I feel so good....hahaha, you are in the + now, congratulations!
Thank you.
:D
Are you going to sell the original?
HEY...GOOD IDEA! yes I will put a price under this one.
or maybe make an auction post and have people bid on it.
:D
I am too scared to auction my stuff, no one would show up and I would get all embarrassed. I will have to wait until I get famous ....hahaha <3
oh I just seen the price in the post. that's badass.
:D
How many copies do you have of that painting? Can we get more than one copy?
I'll have to make prints, I'll do some research, I joined a POD site for printing art, you can buy posterframes and or matting as well....I'll give you an answer this evening 6am here in Tulsa Oklahoma.
Here is a link to my Print On Demand Gallery.
Muting is a good idea for the schemers, players, circle jerkers, and reward-pool rapists as well. Spam and silly little bots may be annoying, but perhaps we shouldn't let them divert all attention away from the worse things going on.
This was kinda of a silly post but also in a way serious regarding the automation of human interaction. There are serious issue like lack of nodes but I am not in that category of people. I will vote for witness that get more nodes up and running but that's all I can do....
hahahahaha i love randowhale hahahaha :D :D
I seen your love affair with that bot in your comment section...hmmmm ....hahahaha
hahhahahhahaha :D Mom now they arent voting comments :P :/ i died :D
@hassanabid, your posts need content that will attract votes. As a Mom, I am motivated to see you become successful.
i have tried everything bestest photographies of nature but u know majority will look upon post having good SP they always do comments upvotes to get upvotes on comment !
That is why you should spend 80% of your time commenting on others post and engaging, it will grow your rep number...20% should be given to improving blogging skills, writing, your photos right now.
https://steemit.com/photography/@hassanabid/shangrilla-a-beautiful-place-best-photo-ever like this one i do believe this photography deserve many but no one cares !
you need to join contest if you think your content is worthy of more upvotes, you have to visit support groups on discord or steemchat.
Turn that lovely photo into a story, tell me about this beautiful place, the names of the mountains, I want to know your culture and who you are. For me as an American you come from am exotic place, which I will never be able to visit. Make me feel as If I am there.
who said you cant come here my uncle lives in America and you are most Welcome to Pakistan i will be taking 100% of your safety ! :)
A very insightful perspective. I haven't been on stem for very long and thought bots were normally accepted do in part of the free money. Yet after one full month I simply earned pennies on the dollar and never read good content here. I may take a similar step as you did and try not turning myself into a bot, lol.
I automate my voting for certain steemians I like since I joined and promising new steemians I am trying to encourage to continue and grow their skill sets. I leave some of my SP power for delegating to creativebot part of the PAL network, so I am not against bots. With my curating I try and comment of the blogs I autovoted and I look for minnows that are interesting or trying really hard to make a presence here on steemit. That's on top of the 4-8 hours a day I spend working on my art.
About time someone came up with a post on this topic. The other day, someone said to me 'quality doesn't matter much here on Steemit' and that's mainly because of the bots and spammers here. Because they keep corrupting everything, it is hard for quality work to gain recognition. I have some trouble mingling with people. I love to socialize but I don't want people to think that I am socializing just to get their upvotes or favors from them because that is not my style so I take a lot of caution in interacting with people cos I don't want to perceive my gesture as something else. I am quite open when expressing my joy about something I like but I feel that when I praise someone too much, he/ she may think that I am doing it just to get their upvote. Anyhow, got a little side-tracked. Thank you for bringing up this topic and the idea for the poster is quite amusing! :D
I worry that all the spammers and bots will put people off interacting and encouraging minnows. This post was kinda silly but also serious regarding automating processes and dropping human interaction.
This is really awesome - love it ! What better way to handle this frustration:) you are not alone I am sure. I had one bot spam me with cat facts. I really hated it, but I guess it's not the worst I've met.. tip! 0.5
I've always used art to process life, thank you @dandesign86!
Hi @reddust you make me smile of your journey by caching flies on steemit. Well its realy bull shit with this resteeming and messages with 0.001..., lots fake acc out now whos promoting theyr spam.. I following only what i realy like to know about steemit, so i taking only wittnes news. Great memme you draw i like this style, it looks like from animation movie :) did you working this something like that?
I made up the design myself, the female image idea is taken from poster art used in horror stories and movies advertising during the 1950s.
Batteries not included!! I haven't heard that title in a long time, I loved that movie.
I'm with you completely on this. I hadn't thought about using the mute button, but that does sound like a great solution. I've been ignoring them for the most part, and it seems like I only flag them on other people's posts, it's my nature to defend others and I've always had a harder time defending myself so I guess it makes sense. But yeah, muting :)
I was too busy to watch that movie when it came out. I am will be watching Batteries Not Included tonight! hahaha
Spammers are going crazy, I think it's the effect of electromagnetic solar winds caused by sunspots...:P
My Buddhist teachers taught me well ;-)
nice painting. You will get a buyer for this soon I am sure.. good luck
you are correct too much bots on these days on steemit. Some are good specially for beginners to promote their content. But now a days it's too much.
Cheers!
There are good bots...ohhhhh, another idea for a painting, good bots😇
haha you painted yourself with the bots.... nice humour :D
That's how I've been feeling lately 😆
Congratulations @reddust
MinnowsPower listed your post "Low Esteem Bots!" as one of the top 10 upvoted and commented posts of the day...!!!
"The Bots Are As Thick As Flies Around A Pile Of Fresh Shit"
Hope you will not flag my comment if I say it's an exceptional painting...!!!
100% Upvoted by @MinnowsPower
MinnowsPower is not a bot, I am a Crowdfunding Hybrid
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I really like my title, sometimes saying shit when you see shit feels so good! I know you're a hybrid and I don't flag or ignore upvoting bots just spammers and trolls. I ignore abusive resteemers that clog my home stream....I'm really not mean spirited, just a grumpy grandma!
Thank you for the kind reply and kind support...!!!
MinnowsPower is not a bot, I am a Crowdfunding Hybrid
One small UpVote of Yours build MinnowsPower and MinnowsPower will Not Forget Your Support...!!!
Wow, how you got bots! :)
Even good that I'm not so popular, at least, the bots do not bother me much.
I'm not that popular either, I've just been here longer than you, thank you😁
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Dear @reddust , this artwork is really perfect!!! :D I totally agree with you about this bad rude way to beg attention, too many spammers, I think! I just discovered that there are some people (with low rep) who comment contents without upvote them, I think it's a rude way to beg our attention :(
I think the best way is mute the spammers and annoying bots. It saves my peace of mind. Many people come on here looking to make money but do not have any content or skills in this digital world that would sell. That is something that should be stated when selling Steemit to the general public. You need to produce quality content that will interest other people. Many people come from cultures that are not like ours and begging is part of how they function in their society. I don't get angry, I just get annoyed because this behavior along with spamming gets in my way of finding quality content I can promote and grow for the steemit community.
Edit, this is the best distilling of how I feel about the bots and spammers, thank you @silviabeneforti for helping me...I'm going to include it in my paper.
I agree, I get annoyed too and it's difficult to find quality contents or quality authors in this "ocean" of trash and spam. As you, I usually mute spammers or trashers ;)
Amazing art work u got there. I think bot most time are not perfect like human
Bots do not have a brain ;-)
Jajajaja a really good paint red, you are the person in the paint? i think yes
The lady looks just like my oldest daughter, thank you @dim753!
but looks like you with some less years
My daughter does look a lot like me but she has yellow green eyes like a cat and red hair....
Beautiful girls in that house
You can thank my Grandmother on my mother's side, Grandma Dorothy was beautiful and creative.
I hate the bots, but I love your art!
Bots if used incorrectly can destroy a platform, an example Digg.com had bot wars and the site lost its members through poor management. I'm not anti-bot! I'm just looking to install some human awareness to my work and blog.
This picture is super cool and very funny!!!!
I'm from a poor country so I'd better be grateful for my tips. After about 7 million of them I can afford to buy your picture.
Disclaimer: I did not do the maths!
Most of my votes go to people who live in poor countries 😘
It is nice to be able to express your imagination in a precise drawing. That takes talent most people don't have. I like capturing things with my camera. It would be something if I could use a camera to capture what's in my imagination , since I don't have the talent to reproduce it in the form of art.
It takes time and a lot of patience to learn how to draw and paint. It's the same with any skill, like taking good pictures and editing them. This painting was all about letting off some steem with laughter!
True, but some are more gifted and quicker learners.
@reddust,
It seems like you are going to declare war against bots :D That would be a good idea! But sometimes I feel I like them :D Anyway this is a great artwork and it reminds me dracula movie :D
Have a nice day for you!
Cheers~
I'm cleaning up my stream, no war, just muting spammy resteem bots and annoying people trying to buy my upvote....yeah the style is taken from 50s horror movie and book cover art.
This would make a great movie poster
The style is taken from 1950s horror poster art!
Such an awesome painting :D! I currently just use 2 upvote bots and those are usually worth it (minnowbooster and randowhale). But I definitly get ur point, there is getting so much of them out there. It's like crypto's, there is a few good ones and a whole bunch of crap xD
The resteem bots bother me the most, the others are just confusing lololol
Very good artwork...Having my first encounter with appropriate tagging.
I'm having to research what each one means, specifically before adding to post.
Thanks for sharing!
Peace.
I try and follow the tagging rules, if in doubt I don't use the tag and sometimes I just make one up for the hell of it!
Thanks for the tip!
There are rules?
I will definitely do a search in faq for a detailed explanation.
I've been using the keyword approach; but, clearly that's a no.
Actually, I've read that 'making one up' is good and will eventually register if its tagged consistently.
Thanks, again.
Peace.
Tagging rules are simple, my post has to do with art, drawing, Steemit, mental health (health) and life....if I put some tag that doesn't fit this article like science or cryptocurrency or a more popular tags to get more views, that would be abusing tagging.
Thank you! I've learned that the steemit tag is strictly for things that IMPROVE the website/platform...
Here's a clip of the comment I received:
Please only use the “steemit” tag for articles distinctly related to Steemit, the website, itself.
Again, thanks for the tip!
Peace.
What a great way to get the frustration out.
And a picture with a great and accurate message being portrayed.
I have ideas about how to handle these things, make streams and lists and tags easier to get at. But, I haven't even gotten the attention of any of the coders yet.
I am totally clueless on how to resolve the on-slot of bots. But yea, art is good therapy.
That's a great painting. Although the bots are actually really cute and I'd feel bad about not giving them a cuddle if they all looked like this. I imagine that if you are a lonely person, having bots might be like having pets. Who says flies can't be your friends?
Flies land on shit and then walk all over you...oh wait, dogs and cats lick their butts and try and lick their humans too...I dunno, I don't like flies. In Oregon we had biting deer flies, nasty things and bot flies, they lay eggs in the legs of livestock and the larva work their way up into the nose of the animals and eat their way to the back end of cattle, deer, or horses and nest just under the skin. I had to cut them out when I was a kid during roundup....groooooosssss.
Lol. Also cat and dog food tastes like arse so it's hard to do your family budget sharing the same food as your pet.
We've got rabbits, lovely pets for kids and it's re-assuring to be able to eat the same food as your furry friends. (Celery, Carrots)
Flies are little twats. I agree. We're in Australia and you can't leave any food out ever. I've been learning macro photography as a hobby and some flies are actually quite beautiful, especially the colours, until you take a shot around the front then their mouth gives the game away.
Maybe one day a big wind is gonna come and blow them away.
Anyhow I love your painting. Sorry about my crap upvoting power, I just sent you small tip to support the reddust show!
Thank you for your little tip @angusg, you are so kind. I grew up in the deep woods of Oregon and everyone hunted. I've ate bear and cougar, meat eating animals smell awful and taste awful too, not just their shitty breath lololol...I haven't eaten dog or cat. I refuse to eat predators, that includes humans....hahaha
There are some really pretty flies, but beauty does not wipe away annoying behaviors!
I've been thinking about flies all week. That annoying thing about when you start thinking about something then you notice them everywhere. D'you remember this from the interweb version 1.0? the guy (joe cartoon is still around going strong.
http://joecartoon.com/watch/Yscbbc/3_Drunk_Flies_Remastered_in_HD
Growing up in the deep woods in Oregon sounds pretty cool. Tho for an Australian we see a lot of scary movies based on the deep woods in the US. Usually a girl in a nightdress being chased by someone with a chainsaw! Our version of that is Wolf Creek.
Our deep woods are pretty dangerous too. When I lived in the UK I would never think twice about walking through a wooded area. Over here there everything seems like it can and will bite and kill you. i.e tons of deadly Snakes (black, brown, taipan) and Spiders. In New Zealand they have no dangerous snakes at all and the only risk is getting eaten alive by Sandflies.
I'm guessing you probably wouldn't sleep out at night under a tree in Oregon either.
Following you because that is some great art
Thank you kindly @viraldrome😁
Great peice. It's Lichtenstein on a whole other level.
Not so intense but digitally I think we may be heading for bot wars soon😆
@reddust
Hahahaha.....
That is wonderful painting with crazy mood....
Upvoted ..
Cheers~~~~
Thank you @dinisanda, humor is good medicine and also swearing every now and then....I don't swear often but I paint every day. Thank you for your excellent comments, I enjoy your bullet list.
Hi @reddust! @dandesign86 is sending you 0.5 SBD tip and @tipU upvote
:)
@tipU - send tips by writing tip! in the comment, get share of the profit :)Blasted bot....@dandesign86, you did that just to piss me off didn't you.....falls over laughing :p
Haha wellI i thought it would be funny ! Also I'm trying to save up my SP. But I don't understand, it's supposed to give 0.5. Did I just get screwed by a bot ?
I dunno, did the bot charge you for it's services?
Actually it worked, but it went directly to your wallet. I thought it would go to the post! As you can see I'm not so high tech hehe
I was going to send it back to you if you sent too much, I just checked my wallet to make sure...haha, you did okay...blasted bots! I need a bot swatter, hey another idea for a painting!
That's an awesome idea ! A steemit Bot swatter :) lol
excellet work.
Ha ha ha... Very funny and totally agreed with you @reddust..😀😂
It is provisionally matter in the blockchain.. So many boats are around.. But the issue is their services are worthy enough for us..
Upvoted and cheers..😊👌👍
@reddust - oh my goodness, ma'm you're fed up by bots. You made a nice alert by using your ability of art. Lovely work ma'm. Love it <3 :*
+W+ [UpVoted & ReSteemed]
amigo #resteemia at your service
i'm not a bot, so i'm safe by your excellent artwork :). impressive work @reddust
ReSteemia
'UpVoted ReSteemed Commented'
hahah that's the truth :D
Cool picture, I liked it!)))) resteem
these little bots are everywhere amazing art :)
those .0001 SBD memo hurts hahah by the way a great drawing for steemit community :D
the bots are supercool than the real ones hahah :)
its good to follow only those who gives you valuable feedback earlier i too made the same mistake but i have learnt from it and moved on by the way a very good artwork with a great message on bots
nice post upvote 4 upvote follow 4 follow
[Swats spamflies]
Sorry about that. They're everywhere.
Great post thank you for the insight. I'm looking forward to this event great!!!
wow ... this is very interesting @reddust . I like from your habits. But I have no courage .. :-)
I'm not that courageous, more like kinda stupid...😂😂😂😂