Fantastic Five (Ep. 2 - 3/19/18)
In this episode, I wanted to make you aware of 5 posts that I think are helpful, if you are having issues with comment spam, blatant plagiarism or malicious intended steemians. These five posts will be good to bookmark and have for future reference, in case you feel the need to try and help clean up the mess that these people are leaving behind.
The reason this is an issue is because SBD are being earned for blatant thievery. It's hard to find decent posts, when you are inundated with tons of spam requests. It makes this platform less enjoyable for the people that are trying to create some sort of value with their content. Rewarding spammers is beyond lame and these articles are great ways to do your part to clean up the trash bins.
#1 - "Introducing Duplibot" by Duplibot
Lots of examples and interactions in this article with discussion about bandwidth and spamming tendencies to be aware. I think the work he's doing is important, but I'm not sure it will do much good. Definitely worth the pursuit, however.
#2 - "Steemcleaner Report For 3/16/18" by Steemcleaners
These folks are doing fantastic work! If you find a plagiarized photo or blatantly stolen content and can prove it, go over to this link and share your findings. I feel like I am doing a great service to the steemit community, when I find these ripoff artists. I mean, I don't want a gold star or a baked cake or even a pat on the back. I just want other people to know that this account fights the corrupt and it's good if you're in to actually doing something positive. If you aren't bothered either way, maybe skip this episode of Fantastic 5 and move on to topics you enjoy?
#3 - "Witness Voting Guide" by Tim Cliff
I'm not even sure what a witness is or does, but know that their volunteer positions are important towards keeping steemit moving forward and the SBD earning fair and equitable. I've included his most recent post in this list because there are lots of links to other witness-related articles, which will help educate me (and hopefully you) about becoming a witness or at least what that would entail.
#4 - "Steemit Has Introduced A New Reputation Score" by Knozaki2015
If you want to understand what your reputation score means, this is one of the best articles on the subject. It also gives you an in-depth analysis of how it's calculated and all of the minutae that creates the number. A good read, if you're into the inner workings of how this platform operates.
#5 - "View All Tags" by Steemit
If you click on "Tags" to your left, then scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see a "View All Tags" link. Click that link and get a comprehensive list (a to z) of what other steemians are tagging and how much SBD has been paid out for articles that use those keywords. Fascinating look at what is trending.
Did any of these articles help you learn? Any comments to share? Feel free to get the dialogue going in the comments section below. Until next time!
(Note : All photos appear in the original articles, except for the last photo, which was created by Sergi Viladesau - Unsplash and used with permission)
Thanks for sharing