This question is for @jl777 .
Seriously, why so many? What purpose do they serve?
They tend to swarm, but is that necessary? Are they necessary?
EDIT: I now realize that my post comes off as a complaint. I assure you that's not the case.
I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of thing, so I was hoping for an informative answer.
Thanks for chiming in. :)
I was just testing things and getting measurements on how all the different rewards work. Seems all the upvote bots got a total of 0 gain for me, but if it boosted activity on some posts and they got more money, then it seemed a good thing, so I didnt think it would be a problem.
However some people took offense and kept downvoting everything, even when the poster upvoted things, so I stopped most all the bots. I am still running the taker marketmaker bot as it seems that all the other market makers are not very active now the rewards are gone
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Ah, there we go. Very cool. What was really interesting was that the moment I posted this, first bernie upvoted it, then BAM....5-10 bots simultaneously upvoted it as well. LoL They seem to be following him around.
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With voting power at ~34%, does it even matter. He's got no weight left to benefit from curation reward.
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I supposed that's a good point.
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Why not?
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That could be considered part of my original question.
Why or why not.
I guess the meat+potatoes of my question is what's the purpose?
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So it's a matter of quantity, not value now? When I brought up @wang automatically upvoting people, nobody gave two shits.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@drinkzya/pro-tip-for-instant-results
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I'm not trying to be negative with this post at all, actually. In fact I'm a novice and I assume there's a purpose involved with the creation of upvote bots.
I just noticed last night that there were upvotes coming in droves - like literally a dozen upvotes within 4 seconds. Hey, no complaints here. That's numbers going up as far as I'm concerned. I was just hoping for an explanation.
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Directly from #steemit-abuse , there's nothing we can do about it.
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lol totally love how @berniesanders was the first to blow this post up :P
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Because they don't get tired:)
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lol With enough coffee, neither do I. ;-)
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I think this is a fair question! a little a bit of bs to be honest
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Talk about a bot attack - iRobot revolution lol @winstonwolfe
Human high five upvote
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LOL I usually fall asleep to Futurama (it's mindless, easy to doze off to), and I just watched this episode last night!
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its also my favourite adult cartoon - bender is a cracker lol
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My guess would be that the swarm effect causes a cascade of activity, bringing the post on both 'trending' 'active' and 'hot'.
Alternatively, a dormant passion for beekeeping.
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He is trying to make money I guess...
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Also, why are we complaining. The developers ready wrote a post on this https://steemit.com/steemit/@izzy/why-steem-is-the-real-libertarian-platform
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Yeah after re-reading how I worded my post, it certainly does come across as a complaint. Sorry about that. It was intended as a genuine question to seek an informative answer. Thanks for the link. I'll check that out.
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If you don't like it, just flag them down.
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Again, it's not a matter of me bitching. I'm simply asking a question in hopes of receiving an informative answer. :)
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After re-reading how I presented myself in it, however, I suppose I could have chosen different wording.
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This post got a heavy payout. Congratulations, you've won.
Bots and swarms are a really good thing in an attention scarce environment.
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LOL Yeah, point well taken. Didn't see that coming at all.
This was very much an example of...
"Why?"
"This is why."
"Ooooooooh!"
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For the same reason this post has so many upvotes, mob mentality
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Wow, yeah. I wasn't expecting that at all. I would say I'll keep my mouth shut from now on, but it seemed to work out well here. :)
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Wow @berniesanders ! Thanks for the upvote! :D
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You want that @jl777 leave Steemit like a @masteryoda?
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I think you're misunderstanding the reason for my post. It's a question to seek an informative answer. It's not a complaint. :)
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https://steemit.com/money/@tee-em/bank-bail-ins-on-their-way-maaaaybe
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