RE: How one voting bot can increase the value of STEEM
To @techslut reference your reply to @amirl:
Let's say your friend on Facebook really likes your post, and want to upvote it by sending $10 to a bot. That would give you a nice boost in payout and more post visibility, resulting in more upvotes and followers on the platform.
I think if the money went to the "POST" which is the only way a person would get a boost in payout and post visibility is a very dangerous idea. If the $10 went directly into a person's wallet and bypassed the "Post" then a good idea. To remind you why the money going directly to the post all I need to say is @transisto and @berniesanders. They downvote thus lower the value/payout of post on larks and whims. So anything that comes in from outside of steemit needs to go directly to the users wallet until such time as the communist on the platform that just want to redistribute the wealth are voted off the steemit island.
Hmm. Good point. Amusingly enough, @berniesanders and his bot army his this post with all their might because... because that's the only way he knows how to communicate, I guess?
You're right. There's no point encouraging investment in STEEM as long as a significant percentage of the coin and power is in the hands of bully assholes who may or may not be managing their accounts from a closed asylum ward.
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Investment is okay, but direct in to the persons wallet the investor wants to invest in. Then it will not matter how much the payout is adjusted, the author would still get the reward that an investor felt they should have.
That... that might work! Like @tipu with fiat to sbd conversion built-in. But there would have to be a moderation effort to prevent abuse. Like, only verified accounts of a certain age can accept these and the tip rewards are limited at a reasonable daily sum proportionate to platform reputation. Otherwise... I can see a lot of bad stuff done with such a system.