Much better. The last two paragraphs are superfluous. I suggest this, which aggressively cuts away the fat, leaving ONLY the meat. Round to the nearest dollar. Don't report bots rounded to 0. I strongly advocate that you envision a single line post such as:
This post has received $128 USD votes from the following bidbots: $43 upme; $41 buildawhale; $36 promobot; $8 postpromoter.
I think that your idea is hilarious and is going to be very effective. You get my vote for "most valuable player" in this game against those who are gaming this system. I'm a newbie here, but I'm also a trained economist and am 63 years old. "Proof of mind" is the heart of steemit; curation must remain 100% human to be effective.
Your bot posts are hilarious because I suspect that most, if not all, of the people who use autovote bots know that they are gaming the system, selfishly harming the platform. For such people, your bot's posts are like flinging open the bathroom door intentionally on someone who is masturbating at a party. So embarrasing for the victim. So funny for everyone else!
Indeed!
In my world view, the credit for brilliance such as yours goes to God, not to you. But you get credit for saying YES to the inspiration.
Every chance you get, remind people that "proof of mind" is the heart of steemit and that curation must remain 100% human.
We have perhaps well meaning people like @heart-to-heart here speaking the idea that "everyone does it so it can't be wrong", where "it" in her case refers to using a bot to automatically upvote every post by anyone on a person's list of supported people. I've told her that if everyone did that, curation would become a popularity contest and would be driven by cliques that would devolve further into one single oppressive mob, eventually driving all minority thinkers off of the platform.
Believe me, I share your world view. Everything I do, I attempt to do for our Lord. I pray that my motives are pure.
Agreed!
I have stated repeatedly, when someone remarks, "I only use them so my post can be seen."
with,
If everyone pays bidbots to be seen; then eventually, NO posts will be seen, only paid for.
Blessings and thanks for the common sense outlook.
@bycoleman available record shows that you once used bid bots massively to promote your posts and boost your reputation. Why the sudden U turn overnight? Were you also one of those who wanted to destroy this platform by buying votes insanely?
I will advise you look for better innovations on Steemit than have a spammer you call Transparency bot.
Regards
I have even educated people on how to use the bots.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bycoleman/how-to-increase-your-vote-count-dramatically-part-3
This is no secret.
I have also donated all of the funds plus some back to the platform via various donations and contests.
The more you dig, the more you will know. That is the beauty of transparency.
But don't stop digging until you have the full picture.
Many blessings to you this day!