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yes, is this what the sci-fi books were talking of? or is the steem algorithm so bad that it allows such automated farming schemes? Pre-Hardfork 19 this farming operation would not be lucrative. It looks like Dan was right. Humans really cannot be trusted to do the right thing even when given the tools for free.

part of it is a matter of trust. people are afraid to believe in a good thing, they think the only way to make money is a scheme.