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RE: Trolls & Self Upvoting Comments
No, you're not the only one sick of it. But, unfortunately, this is the same sort of thing that we saw with other social media platforms like YouTube or Twitter etc - where people were buying subs/followers, views, and likes. Wherever there's something to be gained, there will always be unscrupulous people to exploit the system for themselves.
So true, there's always somebody looking to scam something or someone. Thanks so much for stopping by.🐓
Part of the reason that your reporting to Steemit doesn't seem to get anywhere is that, I suspect, Steemit is probably making minimal effort to stop bots and fake accounts. The focus for Steemit right now is to grow the number of users on the platform so that they can boast (to advertizers, investors, and other stakeholders) that this platform is growing by xxx number of users daily and has xxxx users in total to rival Facebook/Twitter/Snapchat/Instagram/YouTube etc.
Let's face it, Steemit isn't here to be any different to those other platforms I've mentioned. They're not here to be "the social media network that cares and wants to change the world". They're here to make money and the product that they're selling is their users.
You know I hate to admit that you are probably right, regarding your accessment of this problem. I want it to be different, but it's always about the money isn't it?!🐓🐓