RE: Steemit creates accounts for scammers... and nobody else?
One has to assume these are created via an automated signup process. If there is any manual checking involved then one or more people at Steemit Inc are totally incapable of doing their job and should be fired.
If this is automated then there appears to be no verification in place at all.
I am no coder but I do know that it would not be at all difficult to code in some level of basic checking to prevent this sort of abuse.
... check if NEW ACCOUNT NAME is like PREVIOUS ACCOUNT NAMES created in last 24 hours
... IF YES halt registration and send for manual inspections
I am sure a coded version of that would be not beyond the capabilities of the crack team of developers at Steemit Inc. I suspect even the Intern could handle this.
Or maybe they just don't care...
You are correct, it should not even be a problem to discuss, so easy it is to fix. Yet, here we are.
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"one or more people at Steemit Inc are totally incapable of doing their job and should be fired."
Or they are in on it.
Just pointing out the possibilities, for the sake of completeness.
That would be worse still...
I think we need new users to bid at the end of the month, via second price auctions, to keep their delegations.
Otherwise the delegation ends. Automatic, but should give effective outcomes.
Even if they circle upvote, the circle eventually comes to an end, compared to real content creators. Relative rates don't match up, those kinds of things might be solutions?
Should get rid of a lot of the scammers and spammers.
Thoughts?
Interesting idea...