I don't consider using bots cheating. I consider it stupid if you are here for the long-term. You obviously didn't read my post thoroughly.
Feel free to continue using them and keep making the leeches richer while you shoot yourself to the head. I don't mind.
Edit: Flagged, for disagreement on rewards.
I read it. And I told you, why I disagree with you.
This is, what I deem naive. People will use those bots and the useless posts will continue to make it to the top. You will not change this. I prefer to "fight" it from the inside, instead to just complain about it ;)
Trust me, I really appreciate your idealism, but I don't think it's going to change anything - because of the reasons I stated.
Edit: Sigh. I hoped this could have been avoided, but ok. I don't think we should fight each other, just because we disagree on this topic. You are free to think otherwise and to refrain from using bots, I just think, that the world and this topic is not only black or white.
And something final. The only reason you are getting the fat Steemstem (edit: and curie, and ocd, and whales that curate independently)votes you are geting is because there are some people (myself NOT included) that believe in that true"idealism" you were talking about and have sacrificed so much (time, earnings, you name it) to build and sustain this community. I guess they are idiots.
Edit: Self-upvoted cause I believe it's the most important message for somebody to take away. The rest is just flaming.
I don't get it, why you have to be so aggressive about this topic. You don't like the bots, I get it, that's alright, you don't have to, but why this extreme hostility?
The thing is: I can't (and will not) rely on the Steemstem votes. Sure, I am happy everytime I get some, but I am using other ways to get more exposure as well. For me, it's always some kind of investment. It's not unlikely, that I'll lose some SBD in the end, but that's ok, if I can attract more people to interact with the content I create and learn something new.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THE FUCKING HOSTILITY? Stop being such a special snowflake, I have a different opinion, I am not hostile or aggresive. Telling you that from now on I will be flagging all your posts regardless of reason, yes that's hostile. Telling you that you are stupid for buying votes is not called hostility. It's called an opinion.
Jeez. Chill. I just don't think, that insulting other people is going to achieve anything, but what do I know?
I guess, we agree to disagree.
STOP BEING SO AGGRESSIVE AND HOSTILE TO ME AND I MIGHT CHILL.
You see ? I can play that game too
Well, at least you made me smile :)
I am not fighting. I saw this getting at 50 $ on the first 5 minutes. This, with the current sbd price translates to a payout of at least 150 $ worth. I don't think it's worth that much, anyway I see it.
And the trending page is proof you are wrong.
Ok. I understand your argument and the flag. I don't think it's worth that much either, for me it's more a visibility investment, but alright.
And am I?
Sure, some posts are legit and rightfully there, but even some of the good ones were pushed with bots. Just check the upvotes. I just don't think, that being hostile to people who want to push their content is going to create anything good in the end.
where did you see the hostility? I am just telling you that I think buying votes is stupid. Find one sentence of me, anywhere that can be considered "hostile"
Branding people as stupid for pushing their content seems quite hostile to me, but ok. Maybe I'm just a bit sensible there.
I didn't tell anybody that is stupid. I said it's a stupid thing. I even said in the comments of that post, that I totally understand why noobs do it, and I myself also used to do that.
But yeah, you are stupid. Again, NO AGGRESSION, NO HOSTILITY. Just an opinion
I am really happy to hear this from a high reputation steemer. Cuz of this bot system i always think noone will see my post even if that is very high quality content and i spent hours on it.