Happy belated anniversary @joseph ;)
I don't wish to point fingers or play any name-games and I dislike seeing that kind of content rewarded. The thing that has frustrated me most has mostly ended thankfully. That was the high rewards for "steemit drama". Those high rewards encouraged further "steemit drama" and pretty soon every concern between steemit users turned to cries of "abuse" and with those posts being highly rewarded came more "steemit drama".
This is becoming less of an issue as things are dieing down so I want to base my question around another concern of mine. It's not an "abuse" and I wouldn't say I'm frustrated by it, it's just something I notice everyday has progressively been getting worse and more obvious. I'll probably sound like I'm whining when I say it but I'm still gonna say it.
The same users getting to the front page (trending) every single day. Or if not every day then every second day. And I'm not trying to say these users don't deserve the rewards, when I look at who's there currently I can agree that the work and talents of @curie, @charlieshrem, @ericvancewalton, @gavvet, @ozchartart, @steemsports, @perspective, @williambanks, @calaber24p, @donkeypong, @thecryptofiend, @sirwinchester, @macksby & @clayop all deserve every penny they get. Does this mean they should get it every day? There are plenty who don't get what they deserve. That list of users came from the top 20 trending posts of right now. Only about 3 posts were by somebody I don't see there every single day. Some have more than one post in that top 20.
Like I said, this doesn't totally frustrate me, but if there is currently a user retention problem then this is quite clearly the cause.
Why would anybody play lotto if the same guy kept getting the jackpot every day? People would say "it's rigged" and give up.
So my question is this...
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of bot curation...?
- And what needs to happen to resolve these disadvantages and make steemit a place people can get excited about again.
The current trending list has 8 of the same listed users in the top 20 again, along with others who frequent on the trending page who currently have more than one post in the top 20 trending... I hope my questions will be put forward. It just looks bad!