I'm with you, brother/sister.
This platform has hooked me, hard. And while I see that anything of value will end up being gamed, I still get rather indignant and upset at people exploiting it for short-term gains.
Humans making messy human decisions to weed out the abusers can work, but its hard to scale that expertise into something that can combat a large automated force.
I don't know what the ultimate solution is. By having something worth stealing, people are going to do their best to take it.
On the flip side, there will also be people that enrich the platform because of the potential for rewards above and beyond validation and adulation from their followers.
The only partial answer I have is flagging down any accounts that are harvesting self-votes and making spammy nonsensical comments. But again, human judgement is needed.
Thanks for your post, gave me a lot to think about. Maybe a solution will present itself in time.
Amen! Steemians vs Bots (Part I).
"Steemians! What is your profession!?"
Spartans do not ask How many is the enemy? but Where are they?
I need make more photos. :)
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#revolt
Maybe it really comes down to culling bots somehow?
Just don't upvote their content.
Easier said than done!
and spammers. So many. Just go to the New section, 1 out of every 2 posts is someone posting a photo they found on the internet. No comments or anything of content. Just a picture.
Posts like that do nothing to benefit anyone. They are the equivalent of a begger on the side of a street asking for money just because they know you have some.
the bot farms harvesting steem is my main focus.
@sherlockholmes research into this is horrifying. It is a tsunami that cannot be met by users, but has to be dealt with on programming level. It also calls into question the supposed "manual" approval process for new users.
Great comment and great post @stellabelle this is mad food for thought ... Its amazing that steemit can act as an income conduit into the 3rd world ... but the downside is its feeling like an app for panhandlers =-p
I think we will be fine, humans make the bots, so we can make anti-bots. Following you, have a wonderful day!!!
Im at stage 0. Just started using steemit. Feeling anxious and excited at the same time.
Stick with it. It takes time to acclimate. Don't spend too much time in the "new" section, there's a lot of chaos there. Look at people and see who follows whom. Its a good start to populating your feed.
Thanks for the tips.
I think we will be fine, humans make the bots, so we can make anti-bots. Following you, have a wonderful day!!!
This is really draining my brain! I wish I don't know how to read!