I'd love to spend more time doing #3. There are a lot of users that show up and are clueless about how STEEM/SBD/steemit.com works. Especially since FB & Twitter are the norm for SM. Not to mention the language barriers for some.
Part of #5 is identifying they type of abuser. Are they human? Or a bot? If human, are they: lazy, making noob mistakes, or are they posting abuse with intent?
If they are lazy or need help then I really wish I had the time to help them. One of the many things I need to find time to do is put together a list of communities here with Discord channels that I can point them to. Especially the non-English speakers.
Or find someone who as done it all ready. My curation is almost nil at this point.
Well I think you already do more than enough! I guess I should have made it clear that it's crazy to expect every witness to do all of these things, but rather the witnesses should cover all of them collectively.
For #5 I was really talking about abuse with intent which there is unfortunately enough of to keep us all very busy.
The language barrier is definitely a big problem. I'm hoping that once the hivemind feature is released it will lead to the creation of communities for different languages which will really help new users find the information and get the help they need in their native languages.
Very busy in deed. I need to come up for air every once in a while. I finally got around to approving your witness. I had meant to do it a couple of weeks ago after hearing your views on the topic of bid /vote bots.
I think as witnesses, outside of producing blocks, we'll all have our own niches. I agree with you that the important part is being a contributing member in some way that improves or enhances what everyone here is trying to build.
PS.. Now I'm off to use your Steem Bot Tracker. 😘
I also just approved your witness. I've just learned more about the work you're doing and you're definitely deserving of my vote! Please keep up the good work and let me know how i can help!