Hello @fitzgibbon. Sounds good. It seems this rewarding or earning concept and process was the hottest and maybe the major issues here on steemit nowaday. Rewarding author and curator. Attraction to new user to get involved in the community. I think maybe if the community was big enough hopping on the year 2018 and goes on, this problem maybe solved(i guess). And sure does the bots will always win in no matter the rewarding concept been changed. For sure, originality is the winners of all time.
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