RE: Project Update: we-resist-bot

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Project Update: we-resist-bot

in update •  7 years ago 

I am curious if there are posts on Steemit that talk about the types of voting abuse your bot can help to identify. As a less technical user, it would be super helpful to have a rundown post descrbing ligitamate uses vs abuses of the voting system and bots. Perhaps I need to write one if it does not exist :)

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      ·  7 years ago 

    Well, types of voting abuse we're aiming for right now are:

    1. Downvote abuse (malicious attacks on content creators for purposes other than curation)
    2. Self-voting (whales that self-vote strip the pool of rewards for minnows. This is especially the case if whales are self-voting unrelated comments and the like)

    Self-voting is a slippery slope, but in most cases it's cool. Where it gets abusive is when your take from the reward pool is like $3000/week for self-voting comments. That's pretty bad.

    There are a lot of bad actors in the system right now. Reporting helps us to identify them, linked accounts, and other abusers working in the same group.

    Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

    • Disagreement on rewards
    • Fraud or plagiarism
    • Hate speech or trolling
    • Miscategorized content or spam

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