Well, the fact of the matter is - it works for people. As long as it keeps on working for people, they're going to keep on using the tag.
Maybe, if there was some kind of a way for the next hardfork to include something that would only let people use a certain tag, one time, for introducing themselves - and it was somehow hard-coded into the blockchain - that would be just great.
The problem with the whole @goodbot, that I see, is that this is one Steemians (or one groups') idea of how THEY think that something "should be" - and they're going to force their will upon everyone else, using their Steem Power. IDK, if that's the way most Steemians want to operate - but maybe that's just the way that it was designed to operate. Let's just hope that the guys with the Whaleshares don't start enforcing all kinds of stupid "rules," using bots, because they think that's how SteemIt "should be" - according to their whim.
I mean, if I so "whim" it, I could just go have somebody make me a bot that does nothing else but flag every single post that any bot ever makes, for any reason. And, say I wanted to dump $15,000 into that bot account, or $150,000, or $1.5 Million. Then it's going to take somebody with an equal or greater amount of Steem Power to shut that bot down.
We could turn SteemIt into a big "Bot Wars" playground. How fun would that be?
We've already had bot wars, but in the end people will do what is profitable and fun. It is up to the users to make the rules. I don't think we want Steemit Inc making them for us. The introduction thing is not that big a deal. Just warn people if they overuse it. If they choose to keep doing it there may be consequences. This is the wild west and those with the power get to make some rules. I just hope they use that power wisely
What?!?! "Bot Wars?!?!" Man! That must have been before my time - and I missed it. Shucks! (kicks the ground) Can you tell me how it all went down? What was SteemIt like, in the "olden days?!?!"
There was someone who bought a load of sp and randomly flagged people. People made bots to cancel that out. I try to avoid conflict generally
That's a good policy.