That's exactly the point. Grumpycat doesn't know who he was downvoting. Maybe to some, bidding to bots is just for promoting their posts, but for most minnows, our main purpose is to profit because we need it personally. Not everyone knows his rules. He might have posted about his own rules many times, but not all of us are his followers. Most people here dont know. It would be acceptable if he would give a warning first, than downvoting someone right away. That's harsh and unfair.
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Agree with all that you wrote.
I oppose grumpycat's rules.
Spammers should be punished in the most extreme measures possible, but bidbots should not be limited to less than 6 days.
Even if I thought they should be limited, I would not have acted in a similar way, and would not have downvoted good posts just to apply indirect pressure on bidbot owners while victimizing good content creators.
If anything he wastes VP that could be used to fight scammers and spammers.
This rule is not any better than a prohibition of self votes.
I do not agree with him, I just had answers for sircork.
Regarding a warning first, my remark for you is it will require grumpycat to implement a database for warned users.
Doable, but it costs.
If he can make a 'Congratulations, you're a winner!' comment, then downvote, he can simply change it to a 'Warning'. But if a person is close-minded, no matter how understandable a proposal is, he can't accept it.😞
This doesn't address the labor problem. Blacklists/warnings take labor.
Or he could have just prefer not to hurt anybody. Having lots of power does not mean he already has all the right to just flag anyone.
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How are you profiting from bid bots? Please explain your math to me, because I've tried to change 1s into 2s and it still isn't profitable at all
I bid in off-peak hours. Dawn here in Saudi. I patiently wait for the right timing. I don't profit much, because mostly I only bid cents. But I have tried my highest bid to 4steem. There are times I get less.. So it is still a gamble. The latest I bid was 2sbd and the bot gave me $3.98, minus the curation reward. It's just so little profit, but every single cent counts for me these days so I still call it a profit.
okay so you're getting 1.25 ish sbd back and less than 1 sp? seems like a huge gamble for zero profit. since most of the time you're losing, right?
I always use the bottracker, but still there are bidders who bid at the last minute. Lol! I don't bid all the time. I just used it again these past few days hoping for a small profit. But how will I profit now? Grumpycat just took all my $11 post earnings because I violate his rules which not everyone know that there's such rules. 😅
oh that's easy, just dont use bid bots and use some elbow grease to promote your posts instead. the #steemit tag works pretty great on twitter. share your posts on facebook, reddit, 4chan, etc.
bid bot owners are evil capitalists anyway. and you're just encouraging them.
I only have facebook.😆 did it work to u?
Well, I dont really care too much about this platform or building a following here. I'm just biding my time until a better platform is developed on EOS. But if you look at the fact that I've only made 227 posts (228 after this comment) compared to your 1451 posts, then I don't think I'm doing too bad with my strategy.
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Exactly!I just wrote a very time consuming post and included an image that took me hours to produce! Very harsh and unfair, considering I did not send hundreds of SBD - only my meagre 2,5 SBD to help promote my post the way I SAW FIT!
What hurts me more is even though we are angry and been telling him what we feel, we won't win over a person who intends to be deaf and blind with all our protests.