What do you see as the long term value propisition for vote buying/selling? How will it add value to the platform overtime?
I do not know where Steem will be in the next 3 years, no one knows for sure. As for now, I can distinguish SmartSteem with its whitelisted solution. There is a blacklist with all those who plagiarize, spams or have simply thousand "follow me" requests. We try to keep the content quality at a min. of average. All that is below that does not get through the Whitelist.
If in the near future SmartSteem gets to be the most preferred upvoting solution for big players, those who do not have an average content will eventually leave Steem for good, leaving room for better quality content.
That is the main point in the short-term. Other solutions may arise if the Blockchain is modified on its core.
Transparency is key here, only by looking at someone wallet and posts you know on what they are now. Every anarcho system goes from total chaos to a self-regulated sustainable system. SS is part of that evolution, as many other Dapps.
I hope this answer is what you were expecting.
Thank you. If smartsteem focuses on quality content maybe thats an improvement over some current bots, but I still see these vote buying bots extracting value from Steemit over time and getting away from what made it great. I'll quite hassling you though. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me.