I just kicked off something to try and get some more people up to minnow level. Too much of the rewards is going to people who already have a lot of Steem.
I have made my position on bid bots clear many times. I think they are mostly abused and are thus harmful to Steem. I will not use them and am less likely to vote on posts using them. I am pissing in the wind with this, but it is a point of principle for me :)
nah. you are right. they are abused. but they are also very valuable for people to promote themselves on steem.
let’s be honest. a new steemian coming in here can play by the rules and show up everyday. but will wait a long long time to get noticed by the powers that be.
i see the value in promoting yourself and attracting the right audience. and right now the only way to do that on steem is the bots.
i’m not loyal to them. i just use the tools that are there.
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People say it's for promotion, but you can see a post with $50 in paid votes and zero human comments, so it doesn't really work unless you pay enough to get onto trending. It's a broken system that gets abused for greed and that just encourages it.
Those of us with a big following can promote new users for free with a re-steem. We need more of that sort of altruism and less 'dash for cash'.
This is why I am looking at ways to boost new users who are doing good stuff. The 'powers that be' need to nurture new talent if they want Steem to keep going.
i was on here for months before anyone even commented much less upvotes and shared my content.
wasn’t until i started spending that i got noticed.
bots exist because there was a need for people to not rely on others to build their name here.
and i use bots but somehow get dozens of comments every time i post. because i care about the engagement first. my entire purpose for being here in 2018 was to build relationships with people. the bots allowed my voice to be heard.
it’s not perfect. but it’s all we’ve got. i hear your concerns man. i really do. but i think it’s not the bots that are the problem more of the reasons people use them.
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There's no perfect system, but it is up to the users to dissuade behaviour that is counterproductive. I see the bots as mostly harmful, but I can see you think otherwise :)
yeah but i do agree with you big time. they are abused and if there was a better system in place for quality content to be promoted and encourage engaging.....i’d be all over it lol
i have some great ideas on how to do it. but alas. i’m but a simple content creator. not much of a developer lol
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