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in introduceyourself •  7 years ago 

Thanks for the info - I just remember it took me forever to get verified myself - like 2-3 weeks, but that might just have been me, I assumed that would be for everyone, and that it was because they really wanted to verify that I WAS indeed a real person...

But to finish the thought (again, not trying to instigate, just learn) does that necessarily mean that it isn't 200 real people who found each other for this purpose somehow, can you tell if its actual people vs. fake accounts, and if so, how?

I don't see how a vote-chain is frowned upon, but people selling their votes to anyone that will pay isn't... Isn't that like saying; "I'll shill your post, no matter the content - but it's not ok that you do this yourself"

P.S. Genuine question - not instigation or anything, just thinking out loud...

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I don't see how a vote-chain is frowned upon

There are a lot of vote chains .Though if someone has 100+ accounts most of us would appreciate it if they consolidated into one account to avoid adding unnecessary bloat to the blockchain.

I have small vote chains myself consisting of two to 4 accounts. These accounts don't always vote or flag the same posts and they are different project and personal accounts. They are also accounts that were created or bought and have been powered up with their own SP.

it took me forever to get verified myself

The signup process is still a bit flawed. There are large groups of sequential accounts that have made it through recently. It shouldn't take someone 2-3 weeks to get a free account when we have this many being created by single individuals. There's been ongoing discussions on how to solve this but no solutions as of yet.

can you tell if its actual people vs. fake accounts
There are certain characteristics and patterns that are unavoidable when they setup and run multiple accounts since the goal is to profit. I don't discuss the patterns for obvious reasons but they are there if you sift through the data long enough.

There are quite a few groups I'm watching that may or may not be owned by one individual. I don't add them to @mack-bot until I'm sure they are. That doesn't mean I'm not human and don't make mistakes, I try to keep those at a minimum. I added the group above to mack-bot yesterday and the reason I found this discussion is because I check every account manually. You're account fit the pattern I look for.

There are a number of accounts that have 200 or more real people that vote for them. Especially some of the minnow groups. There are a lot of discord communities from around the world that are there to help and support new members.

Thanks - this is really helpful. :)

I see what you mean...

But @pfunk seems to see it as frowned upon... and I understood the comment as "I will downvote your articles, if you stay in the votechain" - but that might be me mis-reading the comment?
@pfunk - what did you mean by "these rewards will be nullified either way"?