RE: Why there are so many fake accounts and abusers?
Communities' Curation Accounts
This issue was originally raised by my friend @moecki.
Yes, I had made a comment about the community accounts. However, it was in a slightly different sense.
It was about the fact that many users delegate a large part of their SP to community accounts and then the SP is only awarded in this community. Especially if the delegating user then only writes in this community, this is nothing other than a vote-bot.
It is particularly worrying when communities make delegation a condition for being allowed to write in the community at all.
Yes, community accounts should mainly vote within the community. There is nothing wrong with significant posts being voted on outside the community if they are in the community's interest. However, voting for posts with almost guaranteed votes (delfin, curation reports) with the community account contradicts the intention of the communities.
My recommendation therefore:
- Only delegate small parts of your own SP to the community account and use your own SP to vote for good posts by other users yourself.
- No delegation conditions in communities.
- Use SP of community accounts only for posts of members and commentators in the community.
Finally, I must say that your issues raised highlight one thing:
Users need to realise that they are not writing for the SC, but for their readers, other users. Their votes and their comments should be aimed for!
Delegations shouldn't be mandatory, I agree.
People make big delegations to strengthen the community account. I never really thought of it the way you have highlighted the issue. Perhaps, you are right, it does turn into a voting bot intentionally or unintentionally. I have to think more about it. 🤔