RE: [Proposal] A New Efficient Way to Cope with Abusers
Hey @clayop that's an interesting proposal. I have one question and one observation -
Would abusers be given a chance to reform? Or abuser just be moved from "village" to village without ever having another chance to be rewarded for good behavior?
You have to take into consideration that there loads of articles online (some even here at Steemit) which 'teach' new users to essentially 'game' the system.
Chances are that many new users wont even know that they are doing anything wrong.
So would there be a chance for reform?
Lastly, I don't know that downvoting a village (rather than the individual) would be very fair to the residents. Furthermore, it may stifle free thought and expression. I don't really want my neighbors in the "village" becoming the #Thought-Police.
Just imagine if some the neighborhood starts posting about politics... somebody (or several people) is about to get kicked out of the village and labeled an abuser.
I commend you for your creative proposal but it may need some amount of amendment to make things more practical and to keep free thought alive here at Steemit.
Village is not a group of users but just a space to post (like a local market). An abuser in bad town can do good behaviors in a good village.
Hi @clayop thanks for replying and helping me understand a bit more regarding your proposal.
Thanks!
nonetheless, according to your proposal, it would seem that one abuser in the village could draw the 'sin city' flag, and no one in the village would be able to gain rewards.
That's like 51% attack. We surely have more stake held by good users than abusers.
The top two authors on Steemit are scammers, @mindhunter and @tamim. Your assumption is not proved.
Also, most of the Steem that exists was mined before Steemit even was created. Again, the assumption is invalid.
Who gets the $5k buyin when one enters a village?
IMO, your argument is less relevant to my statement.
And you might misunderstand. No-one pays for entering village. Fees are paid when villages are created.
So, when a village, composed of 100 Steemers who have each paid 5000 Steem, gets blacklisted, and those 100 people give up on the village, what happens to the 500,000 Steem they paid to join it when it disbands?
If one Steemer wants out, what happens to their 5k investment?
Users dont pay for the village fee. It is paid by the creator once and the village is opened to everyone.
Do you envision the creator of the village then having veto power over who to accept into the village? If not, no one will do it.
Whitelisting or blacklisting. It should be possible.