it would be profitable for curation bots and people would just shift gears. whales would get even more power than they already have. they don't have to seek unnoticed work. whatever they vote will have more exposure. that's sellable already. basically handing them higher interest rates.
it's a cool idea. but i wonder if a solution to completely stop people from spending money (or other resources) to promote something is a solution at all. i love steemit because there's transparencybots and buildawhalebots. on the same platform!
the fact that you have transparencybots already makes people think twice before using buildawhalebots. i know i did. i weighed the options, and decided to try it. in fact i didn't know about buildawhalebots until i saw a post with a transparencybot comment.
i like that you said you're simply showing the facts. without being too aggressive, you're still leaving the freedom for people to choose. to me that's progress already. and thanks for the explanation.
wouldn't whales still be the early curators and everybody follows? (profit)
i can see it would discourage delegation. personally i've always preferred to use a curation bot instead. they are already more profitable imo.
but i see your point. it's definitely a way to decrease promotion by bidbots.
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?).