RE: Thoughts about Vote Buying
Yup agreeable that vote buying services can be put to good use. We should be free to trade as long as there's mutual consent. It's just that it can equally be abused, affecting the network. So I guess vote service providers just have to make sure its a net positive for the platform. Thinking about it now, I wonder if vote services should leave comments for every post. It looks spammy but on hindsight, it does provide notice for the rest of the community that a post has used said service, so users can determine if its abusive in nature or not. Maybe theres a better way to do this though. Also I've been thinking about the economics of vote services that offer significant short term returns, above the service fee which doesnt seem to make sense. Being riskless on that front just means that the risk has been pushed onto the rest of the network. Or maybe if everybody starts using them by default, the returns vs fee will reach an equilibrium and starts to be riskier for any users getting less tham what they paid for.
There is Javanese Proverb, This is Joyoboyo prediction (He predicted about this around 300-500 years ago). "Saiki jaman edan, lek ora edan ora keduman. Tapi sak becik-becike wong edan ijin luwih becik wong waspodo".
I have already posted about this. https://steemit.com/indonesia/@happyphoenix/saiki-jaman-edan-ora-melu-edan-ora-keduman-sekarang-jaman-edan-tidak-ikut-edan-tidak-kebagian-we-are-in-crazy-time-era-not-join
Agree with you Kevin even if I do understand why others choose faster methods to be upvoted. At least I have the knowledge that it was my reputation was earned by my followers that enjoyed reading my content. Thanks for your post. 🐓🐓