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RE: Possible solution to content flooding the blockchain with junk. "The 24 hour new article probationary period"
I don't get it. I would still see a flood of posts, and spammers may want to post even more in order to hit the jackpot with one of them.
But more importantly, most of my own posts (and those of other great new members I know) would not meet the criteria, despite the fact that I try to create original quality posts. If a measure like you propose was to be put in place, I would quickly leave.
70% of the spam and junk posts (and copy/pasted news articles now) would never make the 24 hour probationary window and would never make it to the steem blockchain.
All of those self-upvoted 0.01 cents wouldn't be awarded either.
That means our chain would shrink 70%, making it easier for the witnesses.
You're missing the point. The reason why your posts (and those of other great new members you know) do not meet the criteria is because they are hidden among the constant sprawl of junk posts that are hitting the system non-stop.
Look at one of the comments someone wrote on my last post about this problem:
Do you see how your post (and those of other great members you know) are losing possible curation because of this problem? THAT'S WHY the system I proposed (or a change) needs to be implemented. It's to help people exactly like yourself...
I probably don't understand your proposal well enough. In those first 24 hours how would posts like mine stand out above the spam posts? They would still be buried, right?
I don't have data about the spam behavior, but would a limit to the amount of posts in a 24 hour window help? For instance max 12 original posts and max 36 comments in a 24 hour window. Those seem reasonable numbers to me that shouldn't affect regular posters.
On day one, if this was released tomorrow, yes, your post would still be buried in spam posts, because most people wouldn't realize the new system payouts and chances at first.
However, after a few weeks of this you could imagine that you could be sitting in an internet cafe somewhere and 3 spammers are sitting there talking....
"Hey, I'm copy/pasting this news article into steemit" one guy might say
"Forget it. The last 20 articles I did that for, never got past the 24 hour probationary period. It's a waste of time. " the other guy answers
"Really? Who cares. Just upvote yourself in the 24 hour period then"
"You don't understand, even if you upvote yourself, you still don't get paid, if the post doesn't get approved to get written into the next blockchain block.
"oh"
"So what should we do?"
"I'm actually just writing a proper blog article. It takes longer,but I get paid better. Plus, new languages are accepted on steem now. Spamming just isn't worth it"
Three spammers sit in a cafe talking...
"hey did you know that they implemented some new rules? Let's join together and upvote and comment on each other's posts, we just need to find a few more buddies to group together. We can start a chat channel. Or maybe we can create a few more accounts just to vote and comment on our main channels. That'll make it easy for us to rise above those suckers who try to do everything ethically and organically. They'll never make it so there's more steem for us to share. So let's post and comment more!"
And in addition to the "I followed you, please follow me" comments you'll now get, "I voted for you, please vote and comment for me" comments.