thanks for your feedback too.
yes it's gonna eliminate the current form of bidbots. now you're incentivizing curation trails. it's only a matter of time before someone with a large trail starts selling promotion services. instead of delegation, they can show the size of the trail and how much voting power is involved (so buyers know exactly what they're paying for). we're back to the same issue. you're giving an advantage to someone who's willing to pay a top curator. whales don't have to look for quality posts. since you've eliminated the bidbots (or any other similar services), you can be pretty sure that curation trails will give you consistent results. the return estimates might not be as accurate as bidbots but they'll be reasonable enough for them to sit back and sell.
i hope you don't mind me with these questions but it's because i'm interested in this issue. if you have a platform that eliminates paid promotions (essentially advertising) and highlight only the original quality posts, it's gonna be the coolest platform ever. i'd love to see it.
it has superlinear curation rewards. it looks like we might keep the current system and have an additional pool that rewards a different type of behavior.
i like the idea of adding a new pool to encourage being a 'good person'. except the verification for individuality and good behavior is centralized by steemit inc.. it's a double edged sword. if you decentralize the oracles people can start a bidding war to buy good behavior. just in case you haven't seen it @ned posted a screenshot of a new consensus model that will reward individuality and good behavior (steemit inc community guidelines?).
no problem. but again. i still see a way for paid promotion. all they have to do is use outside sources. possibly even other blockchains to ensure trust. now you have 'good person tokens' that somebody bought with ethereum or eos and it'd be harder to track. it'd be easier to fool people because the tokens themselves are made by steemit inc. i just wish they'd go with 'wisdom of the crowd' instead of 'wisdom of steemit inc'..