Bots raping Steemit via Curation
I was quite surprised to see the following account that was recently opened, with a 25 rep score, no posts, no comments but had received a heap in "curation rewards".
I was quite surprised to see the following account that was recently opened, with a 25 rep score, no posts, no comments but had received a heap in "curation rewards".
Actually it is quite the opposite you think :)
Many whales have created bots or second accounts they boost with their steem power, so that these bots vote your posts that you gain income. This was created in the beginning, when many whales did not vote any posts and the small user voted each other but got by 50 votes still 0.00 SBD.
So some created bots which vote good content in special topics/tags... they are connected to whales that vote a post and by their reputation it is marked as good content, so they create a steemtrail the bots vote and gain much curation cause many voter vote and the pool gets big and they gain their cut based on their steempower.
Have a look here :)
https://steemit.com/steem-help/@sykochica/answering-common-questions-what-is-steemtrail
eeek, Im new here. just starting to gather my head around. These Bots and their exploiters are everywhere. what they really do is shit on their own plate. when more and more bots are exploiting the system the lesser the value it creates to people who ad value, and eventually all the Bots will be the only ones in it, while real people go elsewhere.. and the bot owners will have some worthless coin in the end.
@rasikaj exactly! I think the developers need to take this into consideration at the next big shakeup. I mean at this point they have the data to support a change. If they want to just be a botnet, great, but then the devs can't be surprised when STEEM and SBD trade at <$0.01 on exchanges...
Blooming Bots
I can understand that some bots are beneficial, this one appears to be morally wrong
@prime-cleric there are good bots, and there are bad bots. Some help the system, and some drain it.
"Great post" bots are terrible. When I am reading new content, and I choose to comment, I am trying to make a personal connection. Bots just just cheapen the curation process....
So much info , so many questions, but we keep doing are best to vote 😁
:-(
So much to learn!
It is really unfair to those who are working so hard to get those rewards.
hopefully the developers will reconsider.
Seems like abuse of the system...