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RE: Steemit Is Changing - How It Affects You
Account Based voting is a way to go solution on the current Steemit problem. The trending page is now polluted of some unvaluable articles. Steemit will be much more likely to become Reddit if the 1 account is equal 1 vote solutions is implemented. However, there is a problem in that algorithym as well. There are abusers who created multiple accounts on Reddit and upvote their own post to be on top trending page. If that system will be implemented I hope there are ways to stop this abusers. Great post and still bullish on future of Steemit @happymoneyman
Joke from last year.
Prepare for bot wars if we implement 1acc=1vote
It is always good to search for solutions rather than sitting on a problem.
Bingo, ¡exactlly!
well said sir
I don't bother much with trending. It's polluted with bought votes. I find better posts via my those I follow
confirmed. I look at my feed for decent content. A lot like twitter. I don't search the trending page often.
If they do implement an account based voting system there is many other changes that would need to accompany that update to help reduce the amount of abuse right off the bat.
To your point about multiple accounts, there would need to be something that registers which IPs are using which accounts and how many at each IP. This is a scary thought in my opinion especially on a platform that is seemingly attempting to be decentralized. If a centralized authority starts banning people for making multiple accounts then I foresee a lot of anger and frustration in the future. Also, it would take many more man hours to monitor that sort of thing, even with automation. How many accounts would be allowed? Personally I know I had 8 family members in my house growing up. If people have to use multiple IPs to make multiple accounts then at least they would have to pay money to attempt abuse.
I am not disagreeing, these are just thoughts I had in response to your comment. I am not smart enough to know a good solution that would work.
You can mask IP addresses. I can show you how to do it and I'm not even much of a computer nerd. Bots and accounts can come from different IP addresses through proxies. People who take the time to make bots, sock accounts, multiple accounts, etc, can also take the time to hide/mask their IP addresses. You can remote control other desktops, that means other computers with different IPs. You can run accounts from different computers from your remote. I have used a remote to access my other computer. There are so many things people do and this is just from the top of my head of the things people do.
Remote control is still basically what a dedicated VPN is. That used to be the case a year ago and maybe still on some sites, but most commercial sites in the states I know of now have access to a database of all the fake VPN IP proxies and still ban you for using VPNs at least the last 9 or 10 months I've seen it since they began attempting to make IPV6 the standard for the internet. At least that's the case for typical top commercial VPN providers. They's got swarms of bots constantly looking to add new IPs to the list and maybe it works for a while, but sooner or later they catch it. It's been a real pain in the ass. That's why most VPN services have slashed their prices, because they no longer work for many sites.
Account base voting means there is no reason to hold any STEEM but remember you are actually paid in STEEM - token that will become worthless. Super linear reward curve is the way to go. Also you should be rewarded more if you find good post from author that wasn't successful so far rather than someone who gets into trading all the time.
absolutely agree with you
steem will become worthless
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Its going to be the same issues other then there is no point for anyone to hold on to their steem so massive sell off.
The challenge in online voting systems is that players manage to game them. There are millions of fake accounts on social media. The people who are gaming the system always manage to find a way to get the posts they want on the top.
This is a good point-- I think it is exaggerated by early mover's advantages and upvote bots.