Hi guys, short question -
what's to stop a group of whales from banding together and deciding to always upvote each other's posts? sounds like an easy way to gain a lot of money, shouldn't there be a way to prevent this?
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Well said. That could be a major issue. I am betting they wont though, due to the fact that most of these profiles who make a bunch right away cash out. But you do bring up a good point
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Everyone would notice they're doing it. It would be really, really obvious if whales were colluding to abuse the system to extract rewards. People would not want to be a part of the site after seeing something like that. The site wouldn't last very long, and their Steem Power would be worthless...
The whales have a lot at stake and they want the platform to succeed. Being a whale means you have every incentive to prioritize the long term health of Steem over any short term gains you might receive trying to game the system.
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youre saying theyre not doing it?... can you find me a whale post that didn't make 5K+ dollars?
Yeah theyre doing it, yeah everyone notices, yeah its driving people away.
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I have received 20+ comments on a post where I have introduced my services. Almost of all those comments seemed to be automatic . Is it possible to run bots here?.
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Yeah, but how do I buy Steem?
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