I'll check the link and downvote too.
It was already at (almost) zero before my downvote, the only effect is on reputation, but at the number of accounts this bot net has, the owner won't be bothered much if a couple or even a few hundred accounts get downvoted to oblivion. The best thing we can do is not reward them or downvote if there are any rewards.
I think it's worse when a person plagiarizes, because they do it consciously. With a bot net, your content may be the one that got selected by the algorithm to be copied next. But on the rewards pool, a bot net has a higher negative effect since they are so many, and some may get upvotes...
If Hive allows bot and AI creation, I don't think we'd be able to tackle the spam and plagiarism that'll happen here.
I wouldn't put all AI and bot content in the same category. Many are extractors and have bad intentions, but some can be informational. And if they say upfront it's not created by a human, curators have the option to upvote this type of content or not.
Will it get out of hand? I don't know. All types of attacks make an organization aware of potential issues and react. That's how Splinterlands contained the bot problem. But I'm not sure their solution can apply to Hive.
I think flagging such accounts to oblivion would be good, why? They immediately raise a form of red flag when a potential upvoter sees the account reputation. There are many bot and plagiarist accounts that just randomly selects contents on Hive and post them for rewards, the terrible aspect is that many of them goes unnoticed
Ok, makes sense. Enjoy using your DVs!