Neither am I here, quite sad that 70% of the community is controlled by bots. I love your blog mate. Crazy progress you have made in 2 months! I hope to catch up soon ;)
I've been railing about the bots since my minnow was two weeks old. If you're not in the auto-curate fraternity, it is really hard to gain traction on steemit. Earnings will be slightly off today for steemians who anticipate $300 payouts for every piece of content they put up.
Take a look at the payouts in the "Hot" and "Trending" tabs, off by a ton. No votes being cast.
me too ! =) I think more focus should be on the subject rather than how 'famous' the author is!!
Not that I am producing anything of value today, I have brain freeze lol :o
So many daunting facts are being realised every day.
I recently saw that most people with the most SBD generated it themselves by self upvoting.
Now, Charles, you have told me that 70% of the upvotes on the site are by bots haha
I don't know if it should be something we should be concerned about but the only thing I can think of is that people's content is not really rewarded as it should be. We should be rewarding those who make superb content and not just let a bot automate upvotes on posts that may just purely be spam or copy and paste.
Also this probably also leads to most of the rewards pool being designated by buts which are not the greatest thing in my opinion.
Thanks for the information @stackin
Bots make curating a lot easier. Everyone wants to get good curation rewards so they tend to curate the highest paying authors with Bots. Of course having those authors get Bot votes means that they will continue to be even higher paying authors. Pretty much all of the high paying authors get Bot votes from people that are trying to do curation and therefore they end up in a never ending circle that results with the highest paying authors getting the highest votes and the lowest paying authors not getting any bot votes. In this respect it is an unfair system but nothing can really be done about it as far as I can see until you manage to become at least somewhat of a established author.
I don't think it matters that much right now. The platform is soooo young and needs the AI to develop more intelligence and help us get things going. We just need to be accepting and love what ever happens. Namaste
i think it is cheating upvote via bots...we learen many things in steemit and upvote anyone or any one upvte us after get some thing mean knowledge,,,but how bots learen they only upvote and not any thing its really not good @stackin sir
It's good to point out the flaws in the system. It's an evolving system, as it should be. This is a new model, a new paradigm, it's still better then facebook!
I'm waiting for someone to create downvote bots to systematically go around and downvote the upvote bots.
Unfortunately, there are hundreds (if not thousands) of upvote bots, so it's be tough to burn through your voting power just to downvote/flag them all.
Yeah it is something that can be painful to realize but after all my time on this platform I have had to realize that I'm not going to get very many auto votes because I'm considered a loose cannon on here and in life. #unpredictable
You can use the bots to upvote, like minnowsupport, whalesupport, creative bot etc.. You can delegate to them and they vote after 30 minutes of posting and others do it right away. I can send you some info if your interested?
Well, you are making more than I do for posting...a picture. I spend about six hours writing my last article and eventually 3 people will read it. So bots and only bots are my friends.
I asked many whales are using bots ok with Steemit...they all said it's ok. I'm against bots, but must say I use them because I'm minnow. When I grow up, I'm not gonna use them.
Most of Steemit are minnows, so it is obvious why they use voting bots any why 70% of all votes are bot votes. It's hard to see 0.02$ for article you wrote for 3 days. You can't help yourself to boost post to 1$. I understand that.
There's no quality control when bots are simply just mass upvoting.. The idea should be to upvote content you really appreciate or enjoy so you are likely to see more of it.
yes... the most whales using autoupvotes so they can receive good rewards, upvoting at the perfect time...something that they know will be popular and upvoted by others
I think over time the platform will get better. What could help would be a new Steemit-like blockchain platform that is more akin to reddit or other more-robust social media sites. Only time will tell but STEEM isn't going anywhere, that's for sure.
well that is worrying.... please say it aint so, That is just wrong....
I noticed a couple of guys talking about a site called steamvoter... So it seems that is a pretty popular thing to have bots voting .
Lol right I know. It's like everything is Bots these days, even IG. Your face thooo lol :D
It's my sad face... No one is getting bot votes including myself haha
awwwww. Your sad SC face (:: haaha
Neither am I here, quite sad that 70% of the community is controlled by bots. I love your blog mate. Crazy progress you have made in 2 months! I hope to catch up soon ;)
The only for platforms like Steem to be refined and continue to grow, is for them to be gamed.
Everything in life can be "gamed" ... but check out my frown hahaha
Voting bots as usual. Nothing to be concerned about.
Totally agree... I want them back, i got less votes today hahaha
Very concerning when the number is that high. This tells me that the community is not engaging and that people are just looking for profit.
When I see a post ... I look for the amounts of comments and responses. Then you can see who are "really" active in the community 🙌🏼
We need more people to be like you. I see you're always replying and that's the way a community should be. Less spam, more interaction.
I totally agree, it's called social media for a reason and it's all about content producing and 100% engagement ... apppresh Bossman! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
I've been railing about the bots since my minnow was two weeks old. If you're not in the auto-curate fraternity, it is really hard to gain traction on steemit. Earnings will be slightly off today for steemians who anticipate $300 payouts for every piece of content they put up.
Take a look at the payouts in the "Hot" and "Trending" tabs, off by a ton. No votes being cast.
Watching the "hot" tabs as I write this 😀
Did you see that @ned has been downvoting @officialfuzzy for the last two days and now this, somethings a tad fishy.
No idea... I stay away from the drama most of the time 🤑😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Yes we should, especially if we spend many hours producing the best content out little brains can xD
I love reading and upvoting awesome comments and posts also 💖
me too ! =) I think more focus should be on the subject rather than how 'famous' the author is!!
Not that I am producing anything of value today, I have brain freeze lol :o
I'm lovin what your saying... I want to be famous though jk 😂. I'm going to go read your blogs now 😬🙌🏼
Ahahaha :) famous would be goooood.
Gotta work my ass off for that sh**
Psh, i have tooo deeply apologize, i know you don't follow me so I will start writing better content from now on hahah
I thought i did :) bold me :) I follow you now !!! So im on to u :p
Also thanks for caring as my vote is worth POOP lol
So many daunting facts are being realised every day.
I recently saw that most people with the most SBD generated it themselves by self upvoting.
Now, Charles, you have told me that 70% of the upvotes on the site are by bots haha
I don't know if it should be something we should be concerned about but the only thing I can think of is that people's content is not really rewarded as it should be. We should be rewarding those who make superb content and not just let a bot automate upvotes on posts that may just purely be spam or copy and paste.
Also this probably also leads to most of the rewards pool being designated by buts which are not the greatest thing in my opinion.
Thanks for the information @stackin
People will always use bots to make things easier and I totally agree with you... but 70%? 😂😂😂
Upvoting yourself, do you lose or get some money in general ? Its so confusing everything -.-
us little minnows will be swimming around aimlessly in a frantic mode now
How you doin Bossman. Let's go fishing 😂
waaaaat? 70? o.O
Oh maybe cause "trail" ..
Hmmm who knows? I'm just making people think 🤔😂
Bots make curating a lot easier. Everyone wants to get good curation rewards so they tend to curate the highest paying authors with Bots. Of course having those authors get Bot votes means that they will continue to be even higher paying authors. Pretty much all of the high paying authors get Bot votes from people that are trying to do curation and therefore they end up in a never ending circle that results with the highest paying authors getting the highest votes and the lowest paying authors not getting any bot votes. In this respect it is an unfair system but nothing can really be done about it as far as I can see until you manage to become at least somewhat of a established author.
Bots are like a catch22... it's very useful but just like everything you said is right... it's unfair until you become an established author :)
I don't think it matters that much right now. The platform is soooo young and needs the AI to develop more intelligence and help us get things going. We just need to be accepting and love what ever happens. Namaste
That's what I'm talking about, intelligent comment right here 🙌🏼
Thank you so much! That brings such a smile :D Let's follow and support each other!
@stackin is that your real face? Lol
It's my sad face to the extreme 😂😂😂
Something has to be done about these bots before they take over steemit.
I upvoted and I am not a bot! That is all.
That's awesome @markvance! Me neither haha
I Upvote both posts and comments daily. Im not sure bots are good or bad for the platform, but i dont think they are going anywhere soon.
I do both also... bots are useful. The number is just high hence the sad face 😂
i think it is cheating upvote via bots...we learen many things in steemit and upvote anyone or any one upvte us after get some thing mean knowledge,,,but how bots learen they only upvote and not any thing its really not good @stackin sir
You may want to work on your typing 😂
how did you find out 70% of upvotes are controlled by bots?
Simple, the API is down and check out the "hot" board... upvoting is down by 70% 😬
i see, so the real manual votes are only 30%?
Give or take some :)
It's good to point out the flaws in the system. It's an evolving system, as it should be. This is a new model, a new paradigm, it's still better then facebook!
Facts 💯
I'm waiting for someone to create downvote bots to systematically go around and downvote the upvote bots.
Unfortunately, there are hundreds (if not thousands) of upvote bots, so it's be tough to burn through your voting power just to downvote/flag them all.
That would be to extreme 😂
haha so true....
I use them 🤑
Everyone does haha :)
Very interesting...but what does that really mean?
How do bots come along and find a person?
Or is it that one pays money and gets a bot to vote every time that a person votes?
😂😂😂
Hahahahahaha. You are funny :D
Seems like everyday I'm finding something out about Steemit. Some of it feels discouraging, but you have to just keep swimming.
I find it as an opportunity for people like us who comment and reward people manually :)
That's a good way to look at it
Yeah it is something that can be painful to realize but after all my time on this platform I have had to realize that I'm not going to get very many auto votes because I'm considered a loose cannon on here and in life. #unpredictable
I'll still vote for ya, those pool meetings are epic :)
Who is that man! lol
It's the typical sad steemian haha
The bad news is I get less upvotes. The good news is we pushed judgment day back a little by getting rid of the bots.
That's funny but its soo true lol
Did you get a new haircut Fuchster?
I like to stay mysterious @lizzb haha
HAHAHA.... your face! :D
There is a paradigm shift going on right here, right now! Are the bots going bye-bye? ;)
The bots are fine, people just rely on the to much, what's up... don't like my sad face haha
Oh, I don't mind the bots. I'm neutral about them. I'm just kinda standing back watching things happen. It's fascinating!
Your sad face is silly. :D
HAHAHA
The BOT LIFE lol
Steemit bots are Skynets cousins. Just wait till it is time for a family reunion.
Here they come lol
a bot less Steemit yeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssss
:)
You can use the bots to upvote, like minnowsupport, whalesupport, creative bot etc.. You can delegate to them and they vote after 30 minutes of posting and others do it right away. I can send you some info if your interested?
I rather not, I rather upvote my people and the people I know... too many people "playing" the money game :)
Honesty and integrity, I like it!
Average people wouldn't of never commented back if I wrote that, your awesome :)
We are awesome even if you do charge 10k for a selfie 😉
Well, you are making more than I do for posting...a picture. I spend about six hours writing my last article and eventually 3 people will read it. So bots and only bots are my friends.
They are my friends too... missed tons of votes lol
yes it s the fact.. but cannot help, we have go with the trend.. since I am not a whale i do not have power to change anything
Totally agree 😀
I asked many whales are using bots ok with Steemit...they all said it's ok. I'm against bots, but must say I use them because I'm minnow. When I grow up, I'm not gonna use them.
It's ok to use bots but the number of bot voting is pretty high 🤔😂
Most of Steemit are minnows, so it is obvious why they use voting bots any why 70% of all votes are bot votes. It's hard to see 0.02$ for article you wrote for 3 days. You can't help yourself to boost post to 1$. I understand that.
There's no quality control when bots are simply just mass upvoting.. The idea should be to upvote content you really appreciate or enjoy so you are likely to see more of it.
Totally agree 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Please Charles tell me it is not true.. upvoted because your photo haha and of course I want to know how you know about the 70%
I'm in the "inner circle" 🤣😂
are your votes bots too?
A few mostly to my loyalist followers who engage with me the most... 90% done on my own 🙌🏼💖
respect :)
Upvoting and resteemed... not a bot here. I'm part of the upvoting minority.
Appppresh!! 💪🏼🙌🏼💯
You'll have that on the interwebs ;~o.
In the darknet 😬
really? o_o
I'm pure speculating... hmmm but numbers don't lie 😂
Yes, I had a shock
I'm like why does the top authors who usually make $100+ on a post only getting $20 the last few hours 🤔😂
yes... the most whales using autoupvotes so they can receive good rewards, upvoting at the perfect time...something that they know will be popular and upvoted by others
There nothing wrong with that but the number is pretty high ☹️
yes...
I think over time the platform will get better. What could help would be a new Steemit-like blockchain platform that is more akin to reddit or other more-robust social media sites. Only time will tell but STEEM isn't going anywhere, that's for sure.
Steemit is badass! 😎
We have the technology...
well that is worrying.... please say it aint so, That is just wrong....
I noticed a couple of guys talking about a site called steamvoter... So it seems that is a pretty popular thing to have bots voting .
I use steem voter to vote my fav authors online but I didn't realized the number was so high 😬
Oh boo. I just published my first post and now I'm thinking the big beautiful bots will never find me :-\
Ill find you... i'm so cool like that lol
How the hell did you make that photo? Haha! 🤣
You like it? hahaha
No, I love it! Hahaha :-D
i concerd it not well
How did you discover this?
He'll try to put you down in his answer. Look above at my comment text line.
We are all basically idiots if we don't know how to analyze a chart in "two seconds"
woow
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