RE: Introducing @duplibot - Reducing rewards on comment spam
Much respect . Spammy posts are one of the major holes I see in the platform for this website , as it defeats the purpose of what Steemit is out here to do . My challenge for you I guess is where do you draw the line between a spammy comment and a simple comment showing support for a post.
I think we've all been in the position where we want to show our support for a post but don't have the time/will to really dissect and write an intense analytical comment about a given post. So how do we define cases where a simple comment, such as 'nice post' is truly a legitimate post and at what point is it really becoming spam.
Building off that^ idea there are some blogs which people put out there, which are really just simple posts, such as pictures, and as a result there is not much more that one can add in a comment other than a simple "good job".
Having said that, I commend you for what you're doing as there is no denying the issue which spammers pose to Stemmit.
Well if you are going to comment "nice post" then its better to only show your support with an upvote.
You say that you can't comment anything else to pictures other than "nice post" but if you really like the picture you could come up with a comment of why you like it, the colors, the setting, the place, the angle, there's millions of words you could put together instead of "nice post"... if you are going to say that just to support, i bet most authors would rather only have the upvote.
You have summed it up perfectly!
LOL, you could have just given him an upvote. Didn't need to say
First off, thanks for the resteem!
You make a great point.
I look for exactly the same thing being posted repeatedly. You can personalize any comment in 2 seconds if you're literally typing it into the form, the issue is when you're copy/pasting it again and again and that's really all I see, and only if you do it a lot.
Even so, you highlight the discretion necessary to properly identify these comments, which is why nothing is automated today and I manually review everything. You ask where to draw the line between spam and a simple comment and that is probably the most difficult question I face, so for now I err on the side of caution and comment only the most obvious offenders.
I genuinely appreciate your support and willingness to share your thoughts here!