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RE: @intelliguy's great message about why we post, and some further discussion about rewards, VP, and bots.

in #steemit8 years ago

That is very kind and thoughtful of you! However, I used my own experience as an example of the problem faced by the majority of accounts. I am not personally focused on rewards, but seek the far more rewarding wealth of the ideas of those I follow, like yourself. The problem isn't that I am limited to ~10 votes/day, but that most accounts are, and this strongly demotivates folks from sticking around.

Were it not for the initial delegation of SP, I reckon Steemit would never have grown at all, so while your kindness to me would help me immensely in my ability to interact on Steemit, it would not help all those we need to be retained to make Steemit grow.

Since bots are the issue that were being addressed by making the VP decay rate limit new accounts (for people without enough money to simply buy the SP) to ~10 votes/day, and this decay rate still lets bots cast unlimited votes that impart rewards, I advocate @liberosist's proposed VP decay rate that I outlined above, which does prevent a bot from voting more than a human can.

So, I am not railing against the problem because it impacts me personally, but because it is impacting Steemit, and all of us.

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