Want to join my voting bot and earn some curation rewards?

in #curation8 years ago

Would you like to earn some curation rewards? Are you jealous of the voting bots that are earning money at everyone else's expense? Well then I have a deal for you! For the past month or so, I've been operating a home-brew voting bot on Steem, and according to Steemwhales.com it's been pretty successful:


I haven't been able to consistently beat @laonie yet, but I think it's only a matter of time before I do. Now, I'd like to make an offer to others in the community who would like to join me in earning these big curation rewards.

How it will work

You'll send me your posting key via email (find my email address at my website), steemit.chat, or privnote, and I'll add your account to my bot so that it will mirror every vote by @biophil. My main account @biophil will always vote first, but then I'll randomize the order of the vote followers so that on average you'll all get the same rewards.

To find your Posting Key, go to Change Password, then Permissions, then click the "Show Private Key" button at the top across from where it says "Posting."

DO NOT POST YOUR PRIVATE KEY ON STEEMIT! Only send that to me via something more private. And ABSOLUTELY do not send me any other of your keys. I don't want them.

How much will I earn?

We'll see what it actually looks like once I have a bunch of voting followers, but at the moment I'm earning somewhere between 0.1% and 0.15% daily returns on my VESTS (that's something like 40% and 70% annual compounding rates-of-return, respectively). This will almost certainly change in some way after the hard fork, but I can't predict how much it will change, or really in which direction (though I'd be surprised if it doesn't increase).

Also, you'll earn less than me because my account will always vote before you. But I would not be surprised if you still see something like 0.1% daily returns.

Do I have to pay for this?

I won't refuse tips, but I also won't ask for them. I'll benefit by voting before you, so I'm not quite giving you a free ride.

What if I want you to stop voting for me?

Then ask me to stop voting for you. If I keep voting for you, ask me again to stop. If I just won't listen, go change your Posting Key or Master Password and then I won't be able to vote for you.

Is it secure?

I won't divulge your posting key to anyone, but if someone gains access to my machine which is doing the voting (which is physically in my possession), they could steal your posting key. If this worries you, don't send me your posting key. It's generally good practice not to give people your private keys.

Can you use my posting key to steal my money?

No. I would need your Active Key to do that, and you won't send that to me, right? Please don't send that to me.

After I send you my posting key, how long before you add it to the bot?

I will eventually add it to the bot. I make no promises as to promptness. Everything I do at this point is manual, so sometimes it will take longer than others.

What if I want to pay you to vote before your account so I earn more?

Then make me an offer I can't refuse. :)

Now you're voting for me and I'm not earning as much as I thought I would. I'm angry!

You have no grounds to be angry. I promised nothing. I made no contract with you. I didn't even ask you to pay me. If you don't like something about the arrangement, go change your posting key and we'll be done.

Actually, I'm angry with you for running a voting bot. Steemit is for humans, not for bots!

This is going to sound insensitive, but in the 21st century, the whole world is for bots. We've got to learn how to live with them. Steem is a great example of a place where the incentives are structured so that bots are quite prosperous; whenever you build an incentive for something and then make it automateable, you'll get bots. If you don't like that, go off the grid.

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Thank you for giving people this option! I'm going to take you up on this offer to ensure I never waste voting power. However, I believe human interaction is vital to Steemit's success, so I'll continue to vote/comment manually as well.

Happy to do it!

I am just joining Steemit and would also like to take you up on your offer but just making sure here, by sending you my posting key I am still able to personally interact as usual. This will not prevent me from posting/voting?

That's correct. Nothing will change about your experience.

Same here. Plus all the content posting I'm planning on doing.

Your bot is learning, right ?
It just voted me 100% - Do I now need wale-votes for reinforcement :) ?

If we've already voted on a post, your bot won't change our previous vote, will it?

That's right. It'll just do nothing.

Also, if you find that my bot has voted for something that you don't actually like, you can remove the vote without causing any problems.

I'm going to be offline for two weeks in December. I thought I'll try Steemvoter to ensure that certain people from my feed would always get a vote, but I guess both options could go together.
Would there be a simple way to say which part of total rewards would be from Steemvoter and which is from your bot, without having to count it manually?
The rewards from your bot I'm willing to share 50/50 with you.

I keep good records of every vote that my bot casts, so in principle I could write up a script that compiles a list of each participant's payouts. Sound useful?

Yes, I think this service you are providing could be monetized with slogan Curation is a new Mining )
For that purpose to keep a track of each participants payout would be nessesery.

Hi @svamiva, here's a sample of what my reports will look like: https://steemit.com/report/@ozymandias/curation-report-for-2016-10-26-225721-to-2016-11-23-214654

I'll be publishing these weekly-ish from the @ozymandias account so that people can see what my bot is earning them. Let me know if you want to join!

Thank you, I emailed you

Hi @biophil, are you still running this show? Any changes or updates to me? I am just watching this content and I am curious to join. Please advise

Hey, it's still running but it's badly in need of an upgrade. I'm currently only adding new accounts for people with at least 1000 SP.