Interesting post @lukebrn! I agree with your concerns, especially those voting circles are dangerous.
Maybe we should have the ability to quickly see some info on a user's voting behaviour right here on the platform, not through a third party tool. We could include metrics like: % of self voting, % of votes on top 5 most voted on, some form of vote-concentration-score.
This would make people more aware of their own behaviour, but more importantly it would make it more visible for the others. I can imagine a selfcorrecting mechanism from this. If you know somebody votes a lot on themselves or only on 5 friends, would you still vote for them? I could help all those hoping minnows to redirect their votes to the right content and less to the whales (the bad ones I mean) while hoping for an upvote back...
Cheers!
Thanks!
That's a great idea, I'm not a great developer though. If you know any devs, send them my way and I'd be happy to help create something like that.
I agree with you completely! I have been thinking of becoming a witness, and would be very interested in a project like this.
Let me know if you want to talk more!
Maybe you should run for witness?
Yeah, you can choose to not to vote on those people.
But for most with a SP <100. It's not really going to matter much overall.