The agreed upon solution to my understanding is the next fork will introduce 3 changes. First, a fee taxed onto SP. This will mean when you are a new user, you'll have to have ~2SP before you can have any effective presence. And a 10SP user will be voting like an 8SP user. So a new user will either have to power up or transfer or delegate SP, effectively exposing their connections if any. Secondly, there will be no more delegations from Steem Inc. So new users won't be able to just sign up 100 accounts on 15sp each and start business. Not sure yet if all outstanding delegations will be withdrawn or not. Third, the dust vote is totally going away. So real users with real steem power can give and get their teeny votes. That's great for someone who was like me whos first investment was only a few hundred dollars.
I use steemcleaners frequently but I'm very strict about what I report because I believe strongly in the premise of it being a censorship free blockchain. Also, flagging spam can waste bandwidth and votes because it doesn't go anywhere- it just hides it in condenser and removes the reward. I think the downvote is really best for removing money and preventing phishing, but otherwise it's a waste. I see a lot of wasted votes on downvoting too, and I don't support that really (like downvoting welcome bot or grammarnazi, etc.) No shade I just think it's a waste on both ends.
I do report all malicious code or nefarious attempts of hijacking users. I also report when someone rips off another Steemian's work if they can prove it, or if they're someone I know and they feel strongly about it. I do however think those hackers have a right to do what they're doing to some degree. But their code on the loose does not have inherent rights. ☝️
I guess you can say that's my ethical compromise.
As for the new users or those who don't speak English, I think it's always good to educate or ignore. I try to be an example of not overreaching, and also try to be an example of not giving unsolicited advise-- although we all suck at both. Work in progress.
P.s. I totally blasted @timcliff post but I ended up voting for him too haha. He's a good sport. I'm going to go updoots him randomly now.
hahahhaah you little rebel you!
The only reason I'm railing natural selection on this one is because I don't have better bots to out bot the bots that would be left if all the humans leave. Lol ;)
Yes, we need a bot to counter the bots that are trying to counter the bots who tried to counter us in the first place. That's what I've been telling the devs, but they want to find a solution that runs parallel to the divergent and I tell them all the time. What did I just say? They are both confused and inspired.
Yes, right... NO!
hahahah but listen... I serious... See if you can guess my puzzly puzzle... you can do it..
climbs on a chair
New idea! Make whale bot. Put in 2,000,000 loan. Make a few special upvotes. Withdraw and payback loan. >_< I didn't say that out loud. Going to see post.