RE: Refilling the Rewards Pool when Cheaters are in the Mist

[paulag]

self voting is okay in the right context. If you write a comment on someone elses post and you want it to be seen the a self vote will raise it. I have also posted before on self voting your own posts. Again, to an extent it is okay, when you are new and your vote is not worth much 100% self votes are considered okay. But if you self vote and dont also spread the rewards, then there is a problem

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[prof-pieters]

That's why I really liked @bryan-imhoff's post below. Putting aside whether self-voting should occur, does everyone agree that ONLY self-voting goes against the spirit of Steemit? And can that automated and used?

[steempolice]

Self votes are always considered okay unless for spammy or low effort comments (Ned in a video even said he would like to see more people competing for attention as that would drive up the price of Steem).
but the case you presented in this post is indeed one of those cases that needs flagging as they are low effort spammy comments
@paulag This is not true. There is no such rule nor consensus on self voting and I've been on Steemit since day 1. The whole trending page has always been full of selfvotes and still is. That's the whole point of steem power and the attention economy. To give your posts more attention and send them higher or even reward yourself if you put in the effort. It is not just a curation game. If the rewards are considered too high then someone else may come to downvote, but noone contests the self vote itself for genuine posts that took time to make.

[steempolice]

This is what I call self vote abuse, though it is done by proxy and automation:


@paulag btw if you are involved in flagging could you take a look at these 3 accounts. https://steemit.com/@newsteemians/comments https://steemit.com/@hien-tran/comments https://steemit.com/@coinlend/comments