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RE: Bots and Manual Curation idea
Nice idea, but this is not possible. Steem is a decentralised blockchain, and it doesn't matter or discriminate how the vote was made.
Hypothetically, the blockchain could be modified so only votes from select frontends are authenticated and registered, or as you say, worth more. However, that would effectively make Steem a centralised ecosystem, so that's not going to happen either.
So if a hypothetical virus somehow infected all witnesses and funnelled all pool resources to my account, it would be allowed to run rampant to protect the ideology of being non-discriminating even though it will effectively kill the platform?
I have had less than two hours sleep... this might not make sense :)
That's an extreme situation. For something extreme, I'm sure the witnesses will do an emergency hardfork. There has been one emergency hardfork in the past, in fact, when Steemit.com got hacked very early on.
However, for everything but the most extreme, existential threats to the Steem blockchain, it's the wild west :)
I personally prefer a centralised, curated experience too; but that's not how Steem is.
So some smart ass eventually and effectively does the same with a decent AI and the same thing happens.
I question where the lines between decentralised freedom, community health and platform survival lays.
Having the ability to hf in an emergency already is an avenue prone to discrimination and colluded self-interest.
I do understand and am aware of your point though but seeing posts get autovoted for hundreds that say "BTC is 9000!" Is not going to sit well with users for long. Freedom of choice may eventually leave only the bots to wander the Steemchain halls.
2 hours sleep.... :D
The blockchain means absolute freedom. There will be rules designed to minimise abuse, but beyond that, absolutely anything goes. If someone's abusing some loophole, close that in a hardfork. That's the general philosophy of the blockchain world.
Whether such a philosophy works for a social network, remains to be seen. So far, Steem has had some advantages - the money and censorship-resistance, but largely remains an inferior platform to Reddit. They can ban bots and trolls because it's centralised.
Historically, bot usage on Steem has been declining sharply. Around fifteen months ago, it was basically whales running bots, and nothing else. (Not an exaggeration)
Anyone still remember @wang? :D
Haha, indeed. @wang and @laonie, the two pest whale bots. Both powered down to nil now. Kinda feel sorry for @laonie - invested 400 BTC into Steem, sold for 20.
I somehow always thought @laoni was @liondani. Oh well in $ value he is almost back to where he started with the BTC if he held in it. Let's hope he didn't put it on Synereo after. :P
I guess the decline is due to the lack of bot designing skills from the less savvy average user.
Yes, it remains to be seen how a social platform can survive decentralisation considering the various human behaviours.
Nice discussion guys 👍 Add some choice parts of this to the FAQ
I'm aghast! 😱
yeah what liberosist said basically. i still think there is merit to the idea of having witnesses (or other "elected" accounts) doing basic moderation.