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So many complex ideas to squeeze blood from a stone. If there are 100 people in the group, the most you can expect to get is 1/100th of a vote. Everyone may as well simply vote for themselves because no matter how you slice and dice it, there are only as many votes in the pool as there are participants.

OK, I realize that a noob just starting out has ZERO chance of making a vote that pays out because of the theft by the 2-cent minimum rule, so they are forced into buying some coins and powering up. By pooling votes, they overcome that disgraceful rule. It is better to complain loudly and have that rule changed or simply leave the platform for one that plays more fairly. There is no excuse for stealing from the poor to give to the rich, but this is how the algorithm works and has always worked.

This isn't about the 2 cent rule. There is no need to give your posting authority to another entity in return for votes, it is scammy in nature.

You ask people to sacrifice their posting authority and rely on trust that it will not be abused. We all know how that goes

Things have moved on. You can now follow trails without giving them your posting authority. You are thinking too old steem