Proposal to Address Flagbots
In response to the flagging sprees of the @asshole bot, I propose a community goodwill bot to counteract this negativity.
Name it something like "Good Guy Greg." Link voting behavior to the @asshole account and upvote everything it flags. At least match asshole's Steem power and voting percentages.
Does anyone else want to make this happen? If no whales wish to make this level of contribution on their own, those of us with a desire to counteract the trollbot can send Steem to the account to help it power up. If someone else can write the code, I will contribute up to 100 Steem to help its mission. All we need is a bot and a few generous minnows to make a difference!
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@goodguygreg has been created, and anyone wishing to help use him for counter-asshole projects is welcome to contact me in the comments below.
Great idea! This bot suck's! Count me in!
I see @asshole has been upgraded to downvote comments, too. Tricky bastard.
Not the first time...
Today is the first time I've seen that new behavior.
We'll need to make sure 'Good Guy Greg' isn't just another face 'asshole' is wearing, otherwise he'll be making mischief just to 'cure' it. Just sayin....
Good on you for proposing a solution. I'm in for 5 Steem if this works.
If I can find my phone, I will set up the account myself.
Cool beans!
And the account is created. @goodguygreg now exists.
Just got hit, so I would like to see this happen.
Only been here 3 days, and if I had not read about this bot before I would be put off for sure... just saying.
The good thing is that the community reacts together ... STEEM ON!
I like the initiative if only as a joint venture to create a new account. =)
The bot itself won't be able to hide any content on Busy.org, or on Steemit either as soon as they implement the separate flag. (which dan told me they're working on)
The account is live. I am open to input from people who know what they're doing.
Why not 😌
Is it worth asking an existing voting bot - steem voter for example if this could be added onto that algorithm?
Steem voter gets the exposure and I am happy to contribute as I am sure would many others - furthermore, this 'good guy' - we cannot call him what has been suggested anymore - but I am sure everyone has a few "shane" based ideas, could become a permanent fixture - asshole is not a tribe of one!
I don't know anything about using vote bots. @goodguygreg is my own alt, and I decided to make it myself before someone else used my idea for something unpleasant.
More than fair and reasonable! I hope that it all goes really well. I shall be watching with interest!