RE: STEEMIT Bot Guide: Steemit Bots for Dummies
Well... I see the point you make about it being the way the community gets to "meet" the bots.
I don't see any problem there as less use of the bots wouldn't exactly be a bad thing in the long run, although I hear where you're coming from.
On the other hand, I usually promote my posts on 2 different bots with minimal bids... I don't want two bots commenting I got a 0.1% upvote though, it makes no sense, that idea of yours is actually really great and something I would definitely prefer to this current system.
There's a whole economy around bots, and they will ALWAYS exist as far as Im concerned, but having the bots less promoted would be a positive thing and let me tell you why I think that is the case:
1 - Low effort users wouldn't make an effort to learn how to enlist the bots.
2 - High Effort users would get there anyway, as well as the occasional low effort user who would try to find bots to upvote shitty content, but some bots already curate their content so that is good.
On the other hand, this system we have now means people see these bots Everywhere! That is bad because:
1 - It turns new users off: Many get disappointed on seeing that bots run the show apparently.
2 - The guy who takes selfies and uploads them on the go can easilly see promotion bots all around him and just go manic on them. They are just too easy to get.
Of course, I'm a newbie, I may be mistaken, but as of now I think the exposure is too much, and we're making it so that even the lowest effort users know bots are around and can pump their rewards up.
Once again, thank you for your comment, and nice words.
Cheers