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RE: People who upvote but don't view
I always wonder how many of the upvotes without views are part of the the auto-upvote process people can set up for authors who they like. Almost all of these "helpful" bots are doing nothing but hurting the platform.
Auto-upvotes kill the future value of Steemit. Because that means you are not actively upvoting posts and therefore are bleeding the rewards pool unnecessarily for content that may not deserve an upvote.
Just because you like an author doesn't mean that you should blindly vote for all of their content! If you like it, vote stronger on a single post rather than voting minimally on all posts.
I hate those auto voting bots I call those bad bots they are not helpful at all. Minnowbooster and Randowhale is are helpful bots when used properly. I tend to give them on what I think is really good content to others when my VP is down.
I agree Auto-upvotes kill the value.
I think the idea behind minnowbooster is great, but at the end of the day, it's just the same to me as randowhale.
Both of them are profiting off the backs of minnows and draining the rewards pool. If you want a post to get more views and value from votes, don't give it a $1 from a bot's vote, Re-Steem it. That's how the platform was meant to be used. If the content is great, others will vote for it. If not, then the system is working.
All that the "boosts" do is contribute to the "get rich quick" attitude, not the "build a community" ideal.
At least that's my 0.02
I personally don't randowhale or minnowbooster things of my own, unless it is a fund raiser then I will but the money isn't going to me it is going to someone or an organization in need. But I do find both valuable when my VP is down and I want to give a new user a boost and their content deserves more than my drained power can give. I think many people use them in the wrong way but when they are properly used to give others a boost I have no issues with it. The Auto voting bots I do have issues with though. And I look at it like this if I tip $1 to someone because their content deserves it, it is better to give them the randowhale instead because it is normally more than what you pay into it that it gives as a reward. Same with minnowbooster. But I only use them if the content is really good and my VP is drained.
I know that it can be used for good. It's just human nature that so many people DON'T use the booster services that way. And once one person uses it for a self-vote someone else feels like they're now missing out because they didn't use it, so they use it, and someone else does it.. and so on and so on...
Don't worry, I still respect you and know that you're absolutely one of the good ones on here! :)