RE: ANNOUNCE: - STEEMBOTS.COM Your Source For Everything Bot Related! - NOW HIRING
There are of a lot of types of bots
- Upvote Bots
- Tl;dr Bots
- Content Posting Bots
- Auto Reply Bots
maybe some of them are not cool because they foster manipulation and spam. But i do believe that there is significant value that can be derived from bots on any platform.
@pfunk regarding
Bad idea. Nobody should need to take any affirmative action to keep bots away. Keep them away by default.
How is this in line with the STEEM whitepaper which says
The third principle is that the community produces products to serve its members.
Bots, if regulated as a productive member of the community, can definitely produce content that the community can then reward or punish.
If the bot is posting crap, then obviously nobody is gonna upvote it, and it doesnt get any STEEMPOWER and it looses any influence it may have in the community.
A bot that produces content that the community likes and rewards however, how is it a bad thing that it exists?