RE: Be careful if you criticize steem-ua
I think you have valid concerns but we should wait and see how the steem community benefits from steem-ua as there is a lot of potential I think.
I do agree that it is essential that the rating system is fair and transparent and as such steem-ua should be open source. I got Scipio's reassurance that this will be the case so let's wait and see.
There is definitely some kind of a craze going on at the moment and I for one have delegated my only 300SPs to the project, not that it makes a big difference in the process.
I must say that the backing of utopian has played a big part in my decision to delegate. But hopefully we are not all being too naive.
I don't think utopian could sustain a position to support software that is not open, transparent and fair. So let's wait and see.
With over 200k SPs delegation steem-ua sees itself with great influence on the steem platform and for now I trust the guys behind steem-ua to use it wisely. I'll keep monitoring how they are doing.
I think @scipio should withdraw the comment about lightsteem and apologise for it. Regardless of the concerns raised about steem-ua it's inappropriate and not relevant to the topic of discussion.
Now let's all have a group hug!
300k delegation is peanuts. UA should go open-source when it has enough traction to solidify it's first movers advantage. Any attempts of open-sourcing at this point will undermine it, bot operators will appropriate it for themselves without paying dues to the people who created it.
As long as it doesn't abuse it to upvote itself, which can be easily proven, let it be