RE: 🔁🐺Extreme Opinion on Self-Voting and Upvotes🐉🔁
Thank you for posting @enginewitty.
Here is what smooth had to say about it a couple of months ago.
Apologies for not saving it as a link....it is copied from a comment that said smooth said it.....so I do not have proof...however it is well said and I will leave with you.
To quote @smooth:
"Someone who buys SP and then selfvotes is not 'draining' anything and at best can get back a portion of what was put in. It causes no harm at all."
Investors are the ones who underwrite all of the rewards on this platform. If you are not an investor, or are only a smaller investor, you need to focus your efforts on creating inspiring content that makes investors want to give their money to you. Whatever else they do or don't do with their money (including self-voting) is not your concern and does not harm you in any way. Nevertheless, you do have a downvote that you can use to disagree with what you think are underserved rewards. I suggest using it."
"The idea of creating 'lists of shame' and demonizing people is divisive, creates a hostile and toxic environment attractive to no one, and serves no useful purpose. There is no way to tell from these lists whether the content is deserving of the rewards or not. The only way to tell is by actually looking at the content, and if you think it is undeserving, downvote it."
"Your own statistics show that self-voting is awarding about 8.5% of the reward pool. I don't find that suggestive of any problem whatsoever. It is probably a very reasonable number given that the current parameters give people 10 full power votes to make per day. Thus one is being applied to the voters' own content and nine to others' (on average, of course). Seems fine."
End of quote.
All the best to you. Cheers.
Excellent @bleujay! I'll have to seek out this smooth fella. Only 8.5%? From all the hullabaloo, I would have thought about 3X that figure. Thank you for sharing :)
I remember this comment from @smooth actually. I agreed with him whole heartedly and let him know it. It's a shame more don't feel this way and would instead ruin someone else's time here by making bots to seek and destroy people that use this as a tool to fill gaps and not to harm or ravage the reward pool. Especially when it is just that, making ends meet and not profiting at all.
Thank you @michaeldavid for your reply.
Until I read this comment....I really was not familiar with smooth's thinking on things and this was really a eye opener....sound thinking ...common sense instead of flying off half cocked........ as it were to save the world........self appointed regulators of the purse is not the answer or should not be at Steemit.
Cheers.
Yea it is really true. If steemit itself made a rule it would be different. We would all have to respect that rule. The self appointed entitlement is an issue for sure. It was cool to see you quote @smooth. I liked that comment he left.
Thank you for confirming that it was @smooth....and for the common sense you brought to the discussion.
All the best. Cheers.