Hi @botreporter - I'm loving your work. But I'd like to suggest some improvements - or maybe a weekly Bot Report.
Firstly, the Article Payout is not fixed until after 7 days, so why not report on the highest payments for bidbots after payout? Authors often pay for more bidbots several times during the 7 days after posting, so that would give a more accurate tally.
Secondly, I think it would give a more accurate picture if Article Payout value was given in SBD and SP instead of STU, as the STU value is constantly in flux due to changing market value of SBD and SP. For example, as I write, the Article Payout value for @happymoneyman is already less than the value listed in your post.
Finally, it would be great to see the After Curation values for these posts, as that would give a more exact picture of how profitable bidbot use is.
Anyway, thanks for providing an excellent service with this and Transparency Bot.
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Thanks for the reply and great feedback.
I was doing a weekly bot report, but the problem is that people prefer to know about articles before the payout closes. They can vote on them (up or down) and make a difference.
This report does not show P/L just what was spent. The "Refund" amount is the total amount spent on the bots after all refunds back from the bot (bids that were not accepted.)
Your suggestion to change STU to SBD is useful, but I'm afraid I would really confuse people if they looked at the payout here and saw a wildly different on on the blog.
There is no perfect way to present this data, so I am always looking for ways to improve it. I may just leave out the bids column since it is confusing.
I also have a monthly summary coming as soon as I can get a bit of time to finish it.
Blessings!