Sorry to hear about your experience! You are a core part of the community here. re: Problem #1, it's difficult because this is a public platform like Twitter/Medium instead of closed like Facebook. There are pros/cons to both. An open platform like this is censorship resistant and public and gives you exposure to everyone. A closed platform is private for your own smaller circle of friends. For an open platform, muting/blocking seem to be the best way to minimize harassment other than using external means. (ie. law enforcement or private security). Also no matter what happens on Steemit, anyone can access the Steem blockchain unfiltered. That solves free speech and censorship, but is on the flip side of privacy. I think there is room for both. What else do you think can be done on a public platform?
We have to be careful about popularity otherwise bot armies will take over. A stake-based system prevents sybils attacks and I'd be interested to know how others try to solve that. The more we move away from stake-weighted power the more the system will be vulnerable. Delegated voting should solve most of the problem. Whales who don't have time will be able to delegate power to you or others they trust to vote their stake. It may be in the works? What do you think?
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Spot on regarding #2. Users need to understand that just because Y number of people vote on a post, does not mean all those votes are unique, nor should payouts be tied to that mechanism.
Thank you for explaining this in a way us non technical types can understand
In regards to #2 -- I posted this a while back about a Steemit Guild structure that I think would tie in very well to the delegated power system AND reward new users for more diverse content.
Yes guilds or specialty curators would tie in well. Generalists like @dragonslayer109 and @gavvet would as well...