I had another idea in mind concerning flagging. How about we create an automated solution that will query the most significant flags (likely from trending), create posts for these flags noting the ones that have flagged, and have the community determine if said flags were indeed merited example overvalued content. Once the respective posts pay out, the automated solution will then distribute the rewards to the downvoters for their service to the community through use of their voting power for supporting quality control on the blockchain.
I will state emphatically that I am not a proponent of self-voting in any fashion. I am a huge fan; however, of the sweat equity principle. As one who has recently gone through the entire whitepaper, I believe I may have some semblance of the ideal present but believe fully that we as a community have strayed from it. But that's just one minnows opinion. If you happened to read this far, thank you.
There is actually already a report for this on steemdb.com. I’m not sure how to go from a report though into a way to actually distribute rewards back to the downvoters. It seems like an interesting idea, I just don’t know how it would play out in practice.
I agree 100% about the sweat equity principal. I’m actually a good example of how it can be done. When I joined, I had no followers and nobody on the platform knew me. It took many months of posting where I earned pretty much zero rewards, but I kept posting and finding ways to add value. Eventually I turned into someone who most people here know, and I’m happy to say my posts now earn a lot.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I would probably use python as my go-to for this but I'm a relative novice to the language (but not scripting in general). I created a post about the project. As stated above, I have reservations about self voting so have opted out but any support would be appreciated. Most immediate thing I am hoping for is finding a benefactor willing to donate Steem for the account creation. I think I can figure out the coding but may take some tinkering.
Can you send me a high level overview of how it will be implemented? If it is a feasible idea, I'm happy to pay the 6 STEEM to help you open an account.
Sure, I can do that. I did a high level in a nutshell on the post kind of hastily but I can give you more technical details. I assume you are on steemit.chat under the same name?
Yes