I think your idea is bad and should not be rewarded. That is why I downvoted your post. My downvote doesn't hurt your rewards that much, but as a stakeholder of Steem I do not want to see its rewards going to bad ideas that will have a negative impact on the value of Steem and Steemit. The concept was changed to flagging only recently, and abuse is not its only use.
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So you have no problem with people flagging you if they disagree then?
Interesting.
Ok going back to the topic. Let's simplify. What is better, an establish and organized ruleset under which bots operate. Or allowing them to flood in willy nilly until you can't get a word in without some one liner or meme bot interjecting?
@pfunk I'm not programming the bots. We're giving instructions and tools away and encouraging ethical behavior by financially rewarding builders who do a good job.
The builders have the option to do as they please.
There will be a registry of anyone who has access to our tools and what bots are using the platform.
The code of conduct will state to keep your bot out of posted areas. #STEEMBOTSTAY is how you notify them. I don't have anything else to offer you in this regard. But I guess you can try contacting each bot's owner one by one and asking them to blacklist you manually. They aren't mine. I tried to bring them and their owners here, but you're flagging these conversations instead of upvoting what should be a very important and visible topic.
If you want your buy in on the code of conduct to count then join us and participate. You can be an important voice if you choose to be.
My philosophy on my actions taken on Steem and Steemit is that whatever they are, the actions should be meant to increase the value of both. In this case, downvoting you for presenting an idea that I believe would lower the value of Steemit and thus my stake in Steem is a rational action in line with the philosophy of maximizing value.
In other words, I believe Steem should not be paying the users who seek to lower its value, whether they do it intentionally or not. As a moderate stakeholder in Steem as a whole, I have a voice (albeit smaller than many) in where the rewards go. And I'll use a downvote when I see it to be valuable to Steem as a whole.
RE: Ruleset. Opt-in, period. No automatic, unprompted posts like we see the bots in #introduceyourself and sometimes everywhere.