If we had a more fragmented whale base (by limiting voting after 250mv) then those bots wouldn't work.
As long as curation rewards exist, then bots will profit by voting on posts that they predict are 'winners'.
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Right but it's much easier to predict 200 whales than 1000 dolphins. Remember the London whale?
That is true, but there would still be plenty of game-theory to play around with. Bots might not make as much but they will still be able to make money.
Just the ability to vote on posts 24 hours a day right around the 30 minute mark gives them a huge advantage. There will also still be tons of users that are on auto-upvote lists, which are easy to predict.
@ timcliff I wasn't aware of that 30 minute rule, seems like a bug that need fixing instead of working around it.
Does it mean that it make no difference at any point when you vote in the first 30 min ? And that guilds use that to predict good post ?
Bots will also profit by voting on posts that are just good, which may or may not predict winners. Not all bots attempt to front-run whales.
But of course there's no way to differentiate, I just thought I'd make the point 😇
Agreed. It is a good point. There are bots that vote in ways that take into account more than just maximizing curation rewards.