The Daily Cover-Up - 6/01/18 - Transparency Under Attack.
The following voters have downvoted the bidbot summary comment left by @Transparencybot.
For more information on this project, you can view the introduction post here.
What is this report?
This report shows who downvoted and also provides a link to that comment to allow you to restore its visibility (by upvoting the comment) if you so choose.
- Voter = The account that cast the heaviest downvote.
- VIS = The remaining visibility of the comment. Amounts in () indicate the comment is no longer visible.
- DV = The down vote weight cast by the voter.
- REP = The reputation of the voter.
- Link = The link to the comment that was downvoted.
The list is updated automatically multiple times daily. The visibility of these comments can be very dynamic.
| VOTER | VIS | DV | REP | AUTHOR | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @booster | ($115.55) | -100 | 61.5 | booster | Link |
| @booster | ($38.75) | -30 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($37.66) | -30 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($37.50) | -30 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($36.96) | -30 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($36.41) | -30 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($36.29) | -30 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($15.19) | -10 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($14.89) | -10 | 61.5 | fyrstikken | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | fyrstikken | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | buzzbeergeek | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | buzzbeergeek | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | bella89n | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | brittuf | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | hatu | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | buggedout | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | chetanpadliya | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | tysler | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | therealthrawn | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | bountyworks | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | gclipse | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | zannat | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | amreshchandra | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | pafulim | Link |
| @booster | ($14.84) | -10 | 61.5 | art-pd | Link |
| @booster | ($14.83) | -10 | 61.5 | gclipse | Link |
| @booster | ($14.56) | -10 | 61.5 | hyperfundit.com | Link |
| @booster | ($14.56) | -10 | 61.5 | anadolu | Link |
| @booster | ($14.55) | -10 | 61.5 | husaini | Link |
| @booster | ($14.48) | -10 | 61.5 | discernente | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | fajar.perangin79 | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | transparencybot | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | blockgators | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | darsico | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | birdbanter | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | boddhisattva | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | stimp1024 | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | boddhisattva | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | sbsparts | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | stimp1024 | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | tangerinetravels | Link |
| @booster | ($14.06) | -10 | 61.5 | allsthefoods | Link |
| @booster | ($13.97) | -10 | 61.5 | muratkbesiroglu | Link |
| @booster | ($13.78) | -10 | 61.5 | lighttorch | Link |
| @booster | ($13.67) | -10 | 61.5 | discernente | Link |
| @swissclive | ($9.80) | -100 | 62.4 | swissclive | Link |
| @jonny-clearwater | $(3.56) | -100 | 67.3 | jonny-clearwater | Link |
| @engagement | ($0.90) | -1 | 54.8 | berniesanders | Link |
| @gisi | $(0.02) | -100 | 64.5 | gisi | Link |
6/1/2018. Tranparencybot Update.
As of 6/1/2018 - @Booster owned by @fyrstikken, has made the decision for the platform as to when, how much and where transparency is allowed on the platform. Since @booster has more than one million SP, there is really nothing that @transparencybot can do own its own and for that matter, it never has been about what it could do on its own.
I have no ill feelings for @fyrstikken, I believe he feels he is just protecting his business and I wish him much success on Steemit, yet I do believe that the rewards pool is being destroyed by bidbots in exchange for some quick profits.
As a result of these paid voters, which bypass the natural curation process, our platform's value and the price of Steem will continue to drop as long as bidbots are allowed to boost questionable quality articles onto our "front page" for the all the world to see and judge.
@Transparencybot will continue to post, although without community support, these posts will be hidden. It is up to you, community, it has always been up to you!
Here are today's top upvoter's. Thank you VERY much for the support, this is so important for our long term success!
| VOTER | WEIGHT | REP | SP | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tobixen | 50.0 | 60.9 | 13435 | Link |
| tobixen | 50.0 | 60.9 | 13435 | Link |
| ernestfung | 100.0 | 55.0 | 4181 | Link |
| erikaflynn | 100.0 | 59.8 | 1147 | Link |
| funkit | 100.0 | 60.7 | 1096 | Link |
| funkit | 100.0 | 60.7 | 1096 | Link |
| funkit | 100.0 | 60.7 | 1096 | Link |
| steemseph | 100.0 | 58.9 | 984 | Link |
| steemseph | 100.0 | 58.9 | 984 | Link |
| steemseph | 100.0 | 58.9 | 984 | Link |
| britcoin | 49.0 | 58.3 | 1126 | Link |
| anthonyadavisii | 100.0 | 58.7 | 543 | Link |
| steemseph | 38.0 | 58.9 | 984 | Link |
| edb | 48.0 | 54.9 | 650 | Link |
| phoenixwren | 35.0 | 58.1 | 864 | Link |
| phoenixwren | 26.0 | 58.1 | 864 | Link |
| funkit | 20.0 | 60.7 | 1096 | Link |
| funkit | 20.0 | 60.7 | 1096 | Link |
| nonzerosum | 100.0 | 45.9 | 190 | Link |
| nonzerosum | 100.0 | 45.9 | 190 | Link |
TransparencyBot is presenting information that IS available on the blockchain, but NOT otherwise available on Steemit.
Transparency allows all of us who care about this platform to know what is going on, directly see how it affects us, become more educated as to what can be done and then; hopefully, act in a way that protects our platform for years to come.
@TransparencyBot needs your help, this must be a community effort or it WILL fail.
This is a non-profit initiative, all funds received by or delegated to it will be used directly for this mission only. No one, including myself is being paid for any service or product. Please consider supporting it by upvoting this post and/or the comments left by @transparencybot.
As of 4/18/18, @transparencybot will begin upvoting random posts that use the #nobidbot tag and have not used bidbots on the post.
The number of random votes it does per day depends entirely on its remaining voting power. Later on, a filter to select only authors with reputation's of perhaps 60 (or 50) and below may be incorporated, but for now it is wide open.
If you would like to delegate directly, you can do so by clicking on the following links. You can remove your delegation at any time.
Be sure to leave at least 50 SP in your account.
50SP 100SP 250SP 500SP 1000SP 5000SP.
How does transparencybot use its voting power?
@Transparencybot along with a continuously growning support base upvotes the comments its leaves to keep them visible. It does not vote on any of the @bycoleman accounts.
In addition, if transparencybot does not need to use its VP in upvoting its own comments (because someone downvoted them.), then is uses its VP to randomly upvote Steemians' who have used the #nobidbot tag and not used bidbots on its post.
It is a non-profit initiative and much like the March of Dimes or Steemcleaners, it of course relies on donations. These funds are not distributed back to its owners or delegators.
Image date: 05/25/2018
How does bycoleman use his voting power?
I @bycoleman, in conjunction with @botreporter, currently use 100% of my voting power to upvote random Stemians who do not use bidbots on their post. Click here for upvote report.
Image date: 05/25/2018
@bycoleman
https://ColemanAir.us
Craig
How we get your upvotes?
It's not worth anything
ok
Several people tried speaking with you Craig. You could have chosen to engage and create a useful reporting service that was non-judgemental and provided some value. You also never had an Opt Out built into your bot code which a python child could do. By @steemcleaners definition you are a comment farming spammer which is why you were added to the @broombot blacklist. That is where spammers go pal. Spammers. Spammer. Spamme. Spamm. Spam. Spa. Sp. S. .
All I can say man is, if this is your big dream, @transparencybot might I gently suggest you may want to develop a new dream?
transparency bot is near useless. If you want to bring quality back to the trending lists, then report spam to Steemcleaners.
Oh wait, you'd have to report your own spam first...
They don't deal with voting abuse so moot point. Furthermore, @transparencybot's comments presented metadata about the posts so the claim of it being spam is debatable.
I know @tarazkp write about it. Not sure if this is the article but good points made nonetheless.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@tarazkp/a-look-at-transparency-and-hiding-beneath-the-surface
Click on the image to view full screen
My campaign started with this article dated 2/6/18 and continued forward with multiple articles that used bidbots and futher exposed how bidbots could be used to bring ANY article, both of high quality and low, onto the trending list.
It reads:
No really, this is a post on nothing of use, not anything in particular and certainly nothing worth upvoting.
But it may well serve to be a very useful tool in demonstrating some of the techniques used by many Steemian's, whales and minnows alike to grab a few (or a lot) of votes for rather marginal or useless articles.
If you have ever wondered why some articles you read and some authors you run across have SO many upvotes and so many followers, well stay tuned --- I'll be exposing some of these techniques is the days ahead.
All profits for the article and the remaining articles using bots were donated!
@Transparencybot is a continuation of the campaign by many to bring quality back to the trending list.