RE: Idea: Rethinking the Voting Power system for a better Steem network
It seems to be treated like sacrilege in this community to voice this opinion but I think steemit would be much better off if every effort was made to eliminate bots. There are bots that do good things but they all seem necessarily simply to counteract other bot usage and the problem with the distribution of wealth here.
If this really works I'm on board but I have no idea if it will. I need to spend more time reading through the counterarguments and see if they make any points.
This might also be sacrilegious but I think it might be worth thinking about making other caps, like a cap on steem power....is there none? If someone invests a billion into steemit could they essentially upvote a post and suck the entire reward pool with their upvotes?
I'm afraid you'll never get rid of bots. It's a transparent platform, so no matter what you do, bots will interact directly with the blockchain. You could make it harder for them, and you can reduce their influence, which is the key message here.