RE: Let's talk about voting bots
Overall, the view counter is something that is really needed and can be used to improve the ecosystem. It could be included in the reward formula so that a post with a high number of views would have some advantage in receiving rewards over a post with a low number of views.
In the case of bots, there is one obstacle. Investors will be where they will earn more. If the bot will give more rewards to the post that will have more views, then it is forced to give less rewards to the post with a small number of views. Then the investor posting the garbage will simply go back to the gen 4 bot where he can get the most out of his delegated SP. Although I have read that you propose a much more complex reward distribution scheme, I am not sure if it will attract investors. Everything is easy here, they will be where the rewards will be greater.
Do you know why the view counter was removed years ago? Because otherwise someone, like me for example, would ask how it can be that an article with 20 views has 150 votes. I asked that question at that time. Result: Whales flagged my articles to zero. :)
Yes, I have already been told about the fact that uncomfortable questions arose because of the view counter 😆. But now, I think, different times have come and maybe it's time to change something.
Yeah, but my thinking was that if they actually support content that people want to read, their share of rewards will include organic votes + automated votes, not just the automated votes. So, (hopefully), this strategy would be the more profitable strategy for the investors. Could be wishful thinking, though. 😉