This is a really good analysis of what's happening here, Eon. It's a worry that the high SP scammers are upvoting shitposts just before payout to sneak their actions under the radar. Like you say, outsiders are gonna see shitposts making a fortune whereas excellent, quality content makes pennies. It's obviously scammy. It'll repel investors and new content creators. There always will be people who'll rape the system to get an easy payout. It's nigh on impossible to police it. Maybe we need a vigilante bot.
My worry is that the big scammers and flaggy whales may drive curious rubber-necking traffic to steemit then become repellent to quality content creators who don't want their gems wallowing in a stinking pile of detritus. I hope Steemit doesn't turn into another shithole full of selfies, one-liners and 'look how cute my kitten is again'.
I use the bots to help nudge my posts up a bit and I delegate SP with the aim of getting a return on my investment (I'm no charity).
Great post!
Anj x
Yeah that's a good point, and buggedout above mentions finding the good comment to promote up. Having the community support is a definite help in perception in terms of boosting good posts.
I'm okay with that level of content (cats) if they are assigned the appropriate value relative to others haha.
I also hope that supply and demand can drive this too. High supply of shitty posts priced appropriately. Of course, it's not really a market place. But I was just thinking about how if dmania pays well with the bot, and enough people use it, that pay quickly spreads thin and they do all get lower amounts. We'll see.... It's all a very many adjustment process in terms of Delegations and votes. (Even auto votes, and adjusting weights based on the votee behavior).
Yes, lol. As long as they're paid what they're actually worth. Someone took a picture of a jacket and made $100s. Crazy!
About the comments. I don't upvote my own comments. I think, in a comments section, other members of the discussion (and the OP) can decide which comments are worth better positioning. It seems a bit too self-promotiony to do it with a comment.
Yes DMania posts. I've seen some pretty good memes in there. I know some think of memes as shitposts but if they're done well they're worth something even though they're often low-effort. Come on, we all have 'don't wanna write' days :D
But, yes, the more people that use bots, the less profitable they'll be. Interesting times ahead.
cheers
Anji x