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RE: Reward Pool Rape: Downside of Steem Blockchain innovate nature Or Abuse of Free will?
A friend of mine told me that there were 4 post daily limit imposed before which was later removed. I think coming up with say 2 to 3 or max 4 posts daily limit will help stop the abuse however as you indicated people might open massive accounts which is going on anyway! the system is designed with limitations however which system is perfect? thanks for your post...hope the decision makers read this post and act accordingly.
Yeah the 4 post limit was around for at least a year. It didn't stop this. Not one bit. They just used multiple accounts instead.
It did however frustrate a lot of new people trying to use the platform.
Didn't know about the 4 post daily limit as I joined June last year. I think limiting should be considered.
If it doesn't solve the problem then why should it be considered? All it really impacts is new people. Some people like to post a lot, some people don't.
As to the whales or people raping the reward pool. Limiting number of posts even if you limited it to a single post per day wouldn't stop them at all.
They would simply use multiple accounts with delegated power.
If you remove delegated power then they'd just go back to what they did before delegated power and power down their accounts and then power up across many smaller accounts that could all up vote each other.
So limiting the posts WILL NOT solve the problem.
Yet it will introduce potential frustration for new users that don't understand why they are being penalized for how many times they post.
It won't impact me either way, as I did just fine with following the 4 post limit for the most part. Yet sometimes I artificially stopped and did not write something I wanted to write on a day due to being at that limit.
Very good comment indeed, Upped. However, doing nothing is not a solution isn´t it?
No, but neither is doing something that won't work just so we can virtue signal that we did something.
If this was an easy problem we would have done something years ago.
If it hurts user experience, and is easy for the people that are exploiting the system simply by using multiple accounts then implementing it is not a solution. It is just reacting and making things worse for other users.
Is there a solution waiting to be found? Probably, but it will take some serious out of the box thinking and is likely not going to be as easy as limiting the number of posts.
Good point ..limiting posts goes against the concept of decentralization isnt it? thanks a lot for your comments and suggestions.
I don't know that limiting goes against decentralization if it is limited equally on all users. The biggest problem with it is it imposes restrictions, but doesn't actually resolve the problem it is proposed to fix. I mean they did try it for over a year. I didn't see and difference really.
There have been people more concerned about exploiting steemit than making it better since I started here around July 7th, 2016.
This is a problem with us being idealistic. I don't know of any system man has created, any form of government, any corporation, any religion, etc that over time is not corrupted by simple faults of human nature.
Once again you analysed correctly, thank you so much for your prudent input. However , what do you suggest will be the solution to this issue? and will the witnesses accept your suggestions
That last comment is a gem! Human nature will always lead some to look for ways to cheat, to take advantage, to find biggest reward for least effort...
Hi there @dwinblood, II think we need for a vote to be made through a steemit community post where consensus and consequence can be voted for, by all users on a situation where its reported by many "high reputation " accounts that they believe that an account is " behaving badly" and to the detriment of the ecosystem ! Maybe then we could treat each case by case as it arises and find " consensus on what should be the approach and action ?? just my thought on this guys )) I am sure this can be possible and would definately encourage better behaviour from all here no ?? big and small acounts, new and old !!
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Sure. Your position and argument is germane. Let's hope for the best. Thanks for the response and let's steem on 👌
What about the decision to only post one post every 24 hours. Sure people could make different accounts, but if you are only able to post once, it may not be worth all the headache to continue to make all these different profiles in order to post multiple times?
What difference is there in posting 10 articles using 1 account versus posting 10 articles using 10 different accounts?
It would seem to me that it would be more of a pain to open 10 different accounts on here, with the crazy passwords and such. It would probably divert those from going through all the trouble to make 10 accounts, or 8 accounts, or really 5 accounts.
You can change the password.
Good points in your comment, thanks and I wish you a happy weekend.
I think limiting the number of post won't do much good. I even doubt if there's any. The things is, this platform offers us the option either to lift up or pull down someone's work. We'll just have to choose which one we'll take.
The only thing that MIGHT have impact is to remove support from bad actors, and if you catch them doing negative things make a post exposing their acts without calling them names or bad names and they'll either choose to change or perhaps more and more people will stop supporting them based upon what you reveal.
The sad thing is some people will latch onto them regardless like a ramora (leech like fish attaches to sharks) in hopes of getting nice votes from them. These hangers on could become their only subsistance, but overtime these ramora like posts gain power too due to these posts and it shifts the power towards those that don't really give a damn about the system overall as long as they personally benefit.
(whispers...the 4% don't play by our rules or ethical standards....ever..)
Sure... but ramoras latching onto them in hope of getting scraps doesn't help either. It actually gives them more power.
the ramoras can be the 4 % also- sneaky twats, they get everywhere..
That's definitely one of the main things I dislike about Steemit. I find it a bit contrived the way people only ever comment positively on posts, even with certain content that isn't original and borders on shitpost. Everyone just wants the nice vote from the big whales. You have to acknowledge the real posts that benefit the community.
I want to believe that attempting to remove the bad actors from the platform will be a way to cleanse Steemit from the raping and pillaging.
It does seem counterproductive to limit new users to 4 daily posts, but maybe it would exclude them, or anyone under a certain age or Steem reputation.
Is there a happy solution out there that doesn't penalize the new users because some asshats out there are abusing the system? I would love to think so.
And how does one catch a whale?