RE: Bidbot Experiment: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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foxyspirit in #steemit • 7 years ago

Well there isnt much more I can say that isnt already said in your post and in the comments here. You have the brightest of the brightest commenting. I can say that I appreciate your post and the time it took for you to write it. For people like me, that don't understand bid bots so much, it brings a lot to light. I am still quite comfortable to not be using them as I see the damages it causes.

The Steem blockchain is based on a single principle: To reward participants based on the value they bring to the blockchain. We must realize this value is relative. It isn't objective. That's why rewards are determined in part on an upvote system.

So we put our work in the hands of others to decide whether what we write up, no matter the time and effort it takes. It is up to the people to decide what is worth their upvote and the amount of their upvote like if it is money that they own to give away (yet it is not.)

The practice of bidbot upvoting, however, subverts that.

It does and it is one of the reasons why I choose not to go with bid bots no matter how sweet the money may be.
When I write, I write in the hopes that someone reads it. Otherwise, why write at all. Just put a picture and throw in some bot votes.

It really does take away what the platform is about. It's not just a reward system, but of also connections. The people are not robots. The people are real, their time is real and their skills are real. If we leave it in the hands of bid bots, then what is all this for? Let's just make more robots, make them right for us (if its not done already) and sit on our fat asses to watch our wallets get just as fat while we waste away whatever passion, emotion, and heart we have, as we become less human in this robotic world. We are already losing jobs to these mechanics. Why make it the same in a blogging, vlogging platform? Then what does it mean to be human in the end?

7 years ago in #steemit by foxyspirit

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blockurator 7 years ago

So we put our work in the hands of others to decide whether what we write up, no matter the time and effort it takes. It is up to the people to decide what is worth their upvote and the amount of their upvote like if it is money that they own to give away (yet it is not.)

In a way, it is. It costs Resource Credits, which is a type of currency. The economics of Steemit are complicated, but if you pay in resource credits to upvote, comment, and resteem, then you find that you can't do those things because you have exhausted you resource credits, you lose out on rewards until your resource credits are regenerated. That makes it currency.

Just put a picture and throw in some bot votes.

Some people do that.

It really does take away what the platform is about. It's not just a reward system, but of also connections. The people are not robots. The people are real, their time is real and their skills are real. If we leave it in the hands of bid bots, then what is all this for? Let's just make more robots, make them right for us (if its not done already) and sit on our fat asses to watch our wallets get just as fat while we waste away whatever passion, emotion, and heart we have, as we become less human in this robotic world. We are already losing jobs to these mechanics. Why make it the same in a blogging, vlogging platform? Then what does it mean to be human in the end?

This is excellent.

Steemit could transform into nothing more than a clever auto-investing scheme. Create a garbage post, pay for some bidbot votes, watch your account increase in value. It could potentially be better than a 401k. But, as you noted, it's also about connections. That's why you have curation trails and groups like Power House Creatives fostering those connections. If you take the social out of social media, it isn't social media any more. Call it techno-media, or auto-media, maybe even robo-media. We need to work together to keep the social in the social media.

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foxyspirit 7 years ago

The resource credits stuff confuse me. Feels like I need to go to class and take notes to fully understand it.

I know some people do just that with the pictures, but by helping some of them understand a little more, perhaps things can get better. For those that care to care anyways.

You are absolutely right with what you are saying here. That is why I am very thankful for these awesome communities.

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blockurator 7 years ago

Thanks. I'm glad you find value in it.

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