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RE: Of my 269 followers, 200+ are bots. Steemit? More like Steemingpileofshit
haha great picture. I wish it were as simple as rallying against them, but they have so much power because their likes are worth so much. I love the concept of having financial incentives for making good content, but it really has devolved into "like the most popular people's stuff and hope they like your stuff back". They abuse the shit out of the welcometosteemit newbies also. The "follow" system doesn't work well over here because the more people you follow, the harder it becomes to actually read everything that is being posted. Maybe something will be done to fix this turd, but I'm not banking on it. Still, thank you for your well thought out reply :)
I've been following discussions about how to eliminate voting-bots. There are quite few ideas floating around. The one I liked most is about adding a captcha, that has to be embedded in the blockchain, so that it can accept a vote (or even a post).
This can't be implemented only in the web interface. It has to be embedded in the blockchain (somehow) and I think that is why it has not been done yet. This is something that needs to be developed. There is no current solution to implement.
But, think about that.
If possible, and implemented, this would bring value back to both Human-Curation, and Human-Interaction in the platform.
I really believe this can be done, and would benefit the entire community.
It is only a matter of organizing around the idea, and pushing it forward.
About the follow up "reality" in the sense that it is close to impossible to read all posts from people you follow I agree with you. But I just see the follow as "well, lets see what comes next from those writers" and if some title catches you. You ready and Curate.
b.b.