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RE: Blogging, Social Media... and Steemit's "Coming of Age?"

in #blog • 6 years ago

I think you put your finger on it...with all of the bots affecting the Trending feed, it truly is Promoted content, and not being labeled as such. It feels dishonest. (Also, as a relative N00b, what the heck is the difference between Trending and Hot?)

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     6 years ago 

    Hi Rosemary, thanks for the comment... and yet it does feel dishonest.

    In a "truthful" incarnation, "Trending" allegedly represents the most widely read and upvoted posts on the site. "Hot" is more about posts that are recent and got a lot of initial attention. At least that's how it is supposed to work. Except the whole picture has been rather skewed by the bidbots, because you can buy yourself onto Trending.

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       6 years ago 

      Thank you for the explanation! I have been baffled over that for a bit.

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