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RE: Case 7: raping the reward pool with 1700+ accounts - things are getting serious!
WHOOOOOA.... That is so many accounts! I can see how the structure would allow for incremental gains to become exponential in a relatively quick way.... What happens next?
We need to keep the income down by flagging where needed, @sadkitten is doing a good job but has limited SP.
And stay vigilante, there will be ever more of these operations popping up until we stop their success, I am afraid!
I'm afraid that something on this scale requires more than flagging. The Steem team need to do something.
I absolutely agree!
I have learned (from a different yet unreleased case) that users are able to sign up chains of accounts with numbered email addresses under a private mail domain (like 1 - [email protected]) . This should be more than obvious to the account creation process at steemit.com!
This has to be dealt with at a programming level. Are the Steem team aware of this, are they even going to take action? They seem so slow to make other changes on Steemit.
Yes, I am clueless as to how these accounts get through a "manual verification" process.
They seem to not pay very much attention at the mothership!
Sigh... there are a few things around here...
Well, think about it. I cannot possibly be a manual verification process. Steemit would have to hire an army of people to vet the sign ups. So I call BS. It is obviously automated.
Yeah, and not even reasonably so.
In a related case (to be released soon) someone signed up with numbered email addresses on a private domain.
It's no question where the vulnerability lies, but that's nothing we can fix ourselves. So until someone at the mothership wakes up, we'll have to be vigilante!
Do those in the mothership really care? That is the question oft repeated around Steemit.
This is most crucial, kill spam at the source.
I see you found a spammy flag-friend? Any particular reason @thepunisherr is following you?
I tagged you in my previous post actually, I believe he is tailing me. He sent me over 140 messages for .14 SBD and flagged two of my posts for around -160. It's because he offered me an upvote and resteem to his 6000+ followers and I called him out.
Yes, that account has been making the rounds now.
We will make sure not to run out of SP on this task. There are several whales who recognize their responsibility to their investment and are willing to help, and Steemit Inc. delegation may also be an option.
This sounds like good news!