Hi @lexiconical,
I've got some real behavioral psychology and freakonomics pet peves on this topic, I was trying to convey a different idea, mostly benefits to @transisto about how some perceived necessary evil can actually help attract the masses/mainstream (much like porn for the internet and silk-road for bitcoin in the early days)
but honestly, I think my ideas/thoughts are either ahead of its time because no doctorial thesis had done a dissertation on this or maybe I'm just bat-shit crazy.
Well its not like @ned & @sneak will pay any attention and read them. Let me know what you think:
The article below was also a good read for all newbies to steemit, well at least it was a good read for me when I started last week. Also do realize optimization with bots only bring max value especially to Minnow accounts (<10,000Steem) as most bots pay between $1-$100 and that limited resources needs to be shared....this is currently a working model for most 3rd world country bloggers that need some leverage without an establish reputation (<60) and without knowing a single Dolphin or Whale to assist:
This other one below was a more technical respond, but I did illustrate an example of how balance can be brought to the force....ahem I mean balance between allowing bot upvotes and downvotes (along with supply reduction and interest penalization for delegation)
"about how some perceived necessary evil can actually help attract the masses/mainstream (much like porn for the internet and silk-road for bitcoin in the early days)"
The general idiocy on Facebook was certainly not an obstacle to adoption.
"maybe I'm just bat-shit crazy."
I think you sound like you have some interesting ideas.
" bot upvotes and downvotes"
I wrote an article on the drowning whale downvote bot. It's an interesting idea, but obviously, financially disincentivized by its very nature.
Eventually, competition for bots will leave them at a RoI loss (perhaps, even if you front-run curators) and their "abuse", too, will be mitigated by design.
I feel less crazy when I reply to your post lex.
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