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RE: Case 7: raping the reward pool with 1700+ accounts - things are getting serious!
The danger of an incentivized community like Steemit is that the rewards are real and direct. On Reddit, in contrast, someone might do this with the hope of driving traffic to a landing page (or for useless karma...), but that requires users to trust the domain they're being redirected to etc.
How well we protect Steemit from this will likely decide if it's going to be around long-term or not.
Agreed, and due to the nature of things, the community needs to be actively protecting this growing Utopia!
yes, and we have big plans for bringing this to light and getting all involved in protecting steemit.
Ooooh I would be so curious to know @stellabelle! I'm new to Steemit and my first post was on the future longevity of Steemit if this spam issue doesn' get under conrol (https://steemit.com/steemit/@joannajablonka/steemit-is-in-danger-of-self-destruction-why-reddcoin-could-win). It seems it struck a cord with the community so it is very much on the top of everyone's mind. I read your post about creating a good reputation and I think that is what all of us need to strive for when creating. We just need a better filtering mechanism that doesn't reward the spammers.