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RE: TTR - Duplicitous Duplicator Dithers Deceitfully
I see a lot of work that does not look original, but also many really interesting and well written posts. Is there any moderating on Steemit or is it like the Wild West (much like cryptocurrency industry)?
Its largely self-moderated, which leads to unfortunate outcomes like bot-voting - for example, I've noticed @zer0hedge will cut-and-paste a story ripped from zerohedge.com, and within a minute or two he'll have 30+ upvotes.
There are other tricks too, like "sockpuppet" accounts, writing supporting comments or articles for other people, giving the illusion that they have a receptive user base. Or simply scamming the potential rewards through upvoting their own comments.
It is "wild west" to a degree, but sometimes major violations of community standards results in higher-level users getting together to downvote an abuser.
Welcome to Steem, The more steem you have the more voting power you get.
That's the most novel aspect of steem.
So yeah it's a bit like the wild-west in some ways.
It's both frustrating and exciting, but delighted to be here and interacting with so many new people. I might not always like what they write (and vice versa), but it does seem to be a bit less aggressive than the Wild West. Thankfully, we have keyboards rather than six-shooters
Relevant definitions - Grifter
(See also - Confidence Tricks)