The current features in place guarantee gaming, but no one cares. They won't until the pot is empty...
Huge changes are needed, which will require a long-term conversation on platform. I hope it happens, because currently We have an Oligarchy scratching backs. This goes against any claim of Decentralization and must change.
I think this will require changes to most of Hive algorithms, including but not limited to the rep and vote value features.
I bet the dust you've kicked up with this post will die down again to a deafening silence for a few months again. This happens everytime real issues that need addressing comes up.
Ive been kicking dust over this for a while now. I have pages of DMs and hundreds of dollars worth of downvotes to show for my efforts, but once enough people pick it up they wont be able to ignore it.
That's very true. I wish I had the HP to be an effective alli.