I somehow missed this yesterday.
I am really glad that finally the problem is actually gaining traction and the issues are being faced. I have been very disappointed in the lack of witnesses, whales and large delegators willingness to engage and discuss the topic. I think the 'bad light' comment speaks volumes to their knowledge of the harm they are causing to the community for massive gains for a narrow band.
Perhaps there is a space in the environment for some kind of paid promotion bots or something but, in their current form they are toxic. If everyone delegated content becomes completely irrelevant and this becomes an auction site. Without 'quality of content' to temper the voting sensitivity, it very quickly escalates to highest bidder takes all and a monopolised system by one bot with only a handful of potential customers. It is like all the people who could afford to buy the Mona Lisa except, there is no painting, just a blank canvas.
not that it would ever get that far though, Steem prices would collapse well before that to zero because it becomes a pay to play pyramid scheme.
No problem, we are busy making our own way each day :)
I'm a little sad, but not surprised, to have not yet had a comment from a bot owner/dev/delegator who can shine some positive light - I wonder why? :)
If you wish to make your way over to therealwolfs 50 word, $200 post and produce a similar comment there, it could be worth awaiting a response. Or not!
Thanks for your support on this, i'll continue making the noise while others are there to do the same.
https://steemit.com/steem/@therealwolf/open-discussion-fix-trending-and-stop-promotion-abuse#@tarazkp/re-therealwolf-open-discussion-fix-trending-and-stop-promotion-abuse-20180408t083959208z