Steemit doesn't have the ability to dictate what steem allows user's to do. The reason there is an opportunity to create bots is because the blockchain allows anyone to access it. If you disable this, you will be taking away the ability to have people create apps for steem like steemit. If you removed that functionality that steemit dictates steem which means that steem is centralized. I think we should create ways to allow us to see more curated and original content, but removing the ability to interface with the blockchain will create more problems then it will solve.
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The good and bad sides of the blockchains. Well I really consider the transparency of the blockchain to be a great thing. With the blockchain, you can't really delete stuff from there once you post it, but according to Ned and Dan in their interview on blocktalk, they were able to manage ways to be able to update content whilst still keeping every previous version prior to the update available. I'm trusting them to find a way to regulate this and ensure accurate curation. Your post makes a lot of sense and centralizing this will be just like facebook or any other centralized platform
Thank you for your reply! We have to be careful in putting our trust into 1 or 2 people, we should be the ones getting involved! I am glad to see you reading some interviews about what the developers are doing. Keeping informed is the best way to make a decentralized blockchain.
Your name is ungratefulchump but yet you start with "Thank you for your post". What an epic mismatch :D ... Absolutely, there are a lot of behind the scene faces that are doing a great job and deserve all the recognition possible. Ned and Dan are the founders and why I'm referring to them as drivers also. When i use them, I'm referring to every soul who's helping make Steemit and pleasant place for all of us. We deeply appreciate all of them. You guys are Superheroes. I recognize them in my posts https://steemit.com/steemit/@kakradetome/if-this-is-how-ned-scott-dan-larimer-and-entire-steemit-superheroes-are-going-to-handle-hacks-then-we-re-in-safe-hands-everyone , although i don't know them all. I would love to know and meet them all if possible and start by saying a big thank you to them. Thank you for your reply and post too.
Ha, I got that a few times before as well. My name is that because that is how I view myself. I am told other things by others a lot of the time, but it is based off of my own views. I think we all can be a little more grateful in life for what we have.
I had no idea bots and the blockchain were so intertwined.
Idea bots are created so easily like you describe because of everyone being able to access the blockchain. It is decentralized, so we have the same influence on the block chain as a developer for steemit. And you also have to keep in mind... steemit is a web app that allows interfacing to steem, steem is a crypto with a blockchain that stores our posts and are approved by miners.