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RE: Most SteemIt Game And Contest Hosts Are Breaking The Rules! Are You?
All of this is kind of a moot point at the moment though since SteemIt, Inc doesn't enforce any of these rules on the site anyway.
It doesn't seem that Steemit enforces anything right now. For instance, I see most of those rules broken constantly.
- Asking for money, views, upvotes, follows, or resteems. (All day, every day)
- Leaving nearly identical or materially similar comments on multiple posts. (Constantly)
- Comments that are unrelated to the topic of discussion. (Not so much off topic as just "nice post")
- Sending unsolicited links or requests to users via wallet memos. (With increasing frequency. My wallet gets jammed with them sometimes)
- Posts that require upvotes to enter or play in a contest or game. (I actually disagreed with this one as you can see in my reply. Upvotes are scarce, so are prizes.)
- Sending users a link to your blog or a post if it is not relevant to the conversation. (Um, phishing links, anyone?)
- Posts or comments that include little or nothing more than an offer to trade follows or upvotes. ("Follow for follow"!)
- Using tags that are unrelated to the post. (Has anyone looked at introduceyourself or photography recently? Filled with spammers.)
Threatening users with any type of physical violence. - Not citing sources when using someone else’s material. (If SteemCleaners got a dollar for each plagiarized article they flagged, they could retire within a week.)
- Posting ‘not safe for work’ content without using the “nsfw” tag. (I don't see this every day, but at least a few times per week. This is a legal issue that will likely hurt Steemit in a big way. As there's no requirement to validate age, anyone over 13 is allowed to get a Steemit account. Having NSFW content outside of a restricted area is considered providing pornography to minors. That's still illegal in the US.)
- Selling or offering to buy votes/resteems/follows, or schemes that facilitate this. (Umm, so all the bidding bots, minnowbooster, smartsteem... all of this? It's like Dan created a system and then left because he doesn't care anymore. While the cat's away, the mice will play.)
- Scams or Fraudulent offers. (Too many to even start on.)
Allow me to upvote you for viewing purposes, as I agree ENTIRELY with what you are saying.
Thanks. When I started the list, I wasn't planning on doing the whole thing. Then I realized that I saw basically all of these actions every day in my experience. I think it goes to show that Steemit leadership/management/whatever is at best ambivalent about the platform. I think that would be one of the biggest obstacles to getting the price higher... there's a perception that the founders don't care, and it shows in how the community is running. It doesn't matter how groundbreaking, earth-shattering, or amazing your product is... if you don't give a crap, most people won't buy it. :(
And I'm not saying that everything needs to get fixed overnight, but they could be more active in getting the spam/scams off the platform. That would be a start.
Then maybe do as I am doing, if you can, rent a server, and become a witness, if you want to change it, the only way you can is from within, ready for a journey? or just happy complaining? hands mic to you.
That's a good point. I said my piece, so I'll let someone else have the soapbox. I don't have the funds to get a witness node running right now, so as I've at least brought it to the attention of the masses, now I'll learn to make the best of things.
Good for you for having the resources and being willing to spend the time and effort to set it up so that you can make a difference. Not all of us are in that position and it's great that you are making an impact. Thank you!
I added you to my follow list, I have a feeling you will do well here, and by the way, nice to meet you.
Unfortunately, everything you're saying is absolutely true...
Dan created a system and then left because he doesn't care anymore. While the cat's away, the mice will play.)
Hmm a form of Deism ?
I agree, rules are being broken all the time...
And even if I disagree strongly with things like scams and phishing...
I remember being a youngster before google got "smart" about their picture search,
basically typing any female name would provide me with, uhm I mean "expose me" to naked women... No one arrested Google or Altavista as far as I know... But yeah people should wise up and make sure to use the NSFW tag...
Anyway I might be a bit foolish, but I feel that there is still something cool about being a part of this crazy community of "fishy-outlaws" and "scurvy-rebels" who break all the rules and use bots etc... Kind of like in a Star Wars movie or something!
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