RE: Please do NOT think my lack of replies stem from a lack of interest; I am actually dying from a lack of RC, and I am unable to reply!
Well, I do not think they are EVIL like those that pushed obamacare. I think they have skill also, but someone at the top could use a little coaching on planning, and they all need remedial training on launch testing!
That said, If they leave the 10X in place, and I see they have increased the recharge time from 4 to one day, function is possible again, but the bots will return, so I fail to see how this helped. They throttled this entire system down to restrict them, but killed everyone; so now they are opening it back up to save the platform.
Would it not have been easier to just directly restrict bots, and let it run? Limiting the number of accounts to each internet access point would take care of the multiple accounts bandwidth problem. Maybe this should have used a less painful fix?
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I was probably a couple of months in on Steemit when I asked a similar question about directly restricting bots. I figured they must be distinguishable from ordinary human backed accounts. What I was told then is, they're not, other than what they produce. Then, they can be backlisted but that doesn't necessarily shut them down or restrict them.
I think part of the issue is, once any account gets restricted for any reason, it opens the door for restricting any other account for any reason. And it's my understanding that the capability to restrict would need to be created since it doesn't exist in STEEM's current form.
i agree wholeheartedly that there's no use in letting the spammers come back. It would all be for naught. So, it comes down to determining what can be done to keep the spammers down but the actual honest human users going at the rate that they had grown accustomed to.
The latest post at steemitblog suggests that a subsidization of some actions by the rest of us is necessary so that new users or lower SP users can continue to function. In other words, they're abdicating responsibility (or delegating it if you prefer) to us to come up with a solution.
So, there's now that to throw into the mix.
re: EVIL
Yeah. I think genius and youth need to be tempered by more real world experience, and it's hard to get when all you've ever known is code and having your needs met, however that happens.
Well, someone delegated 150 SBD to my account last night, THAT changed things a lot! Woke up to a GOOD day on steemit for the first time in a while! Now I can respond and not be rude, when someone comments.
I have lost track of some of my friends over seas, but I hope they will be back soon. Everyone got beat up for sure!
If they removed the 0.001 steem curation rewards, the bot food would be gone, and they would starve. That would not hurt the people noticeably either.
:)After hebrewhousewife delegated to you last night I looked at what it did, and while it certainly helped, I also saw it was going fast. So, I went ahead and delegated 151 SP to you this morning.
I'm still not convinced yet it's what you need to keep up the pace you're accustomed to but it should get you closer. I'm hoping they'll have a reasonable solution for everyone below 200 SP soon. So, my thought is to keep it in place until the end of the year, or a solution from the powers at be comes, whichever comes first.
It's yours to use in the interim, no strings attached. :) And as much as is possible here on the blockchain, I'd like to just let it go under the radar as much as possible. :)
I appreciate it, I have been trying to add good content, but his has been a couple of hard weeks for sure. I was just staring to get traction when this hit. I went from second in the engagement league, to fifth. Maybe I can catch up now.
I will work it hard! Maybe I can climb out of my pond scum status? Radar is off, but thanks!
:)Last week is definitely one to forget as far as production goes. Keeping people's feet to the fire so we don't have a repeat, that should never be forgotten. I think that needs to be pressed until it's proven that not only do they recognize that's it not a great idea to tick off your user base, but that it's ingrained that all worthwhile results do not always justify the means.
re: radar off
Very good. And no pressure. You've been doing well in the leagues and I'd hate to see that wiped out because you can't function enough to keep up the work. That's like having your car taken away from you and replaced with a skateboard. How things shake out will be how they shake out, though.
Happy slogging. :)
We will see how this shakes out for sure, BUT steemit needs to hire an engineering project manager to steer the next version.
Ubuntu does better, and there is no real cash involved, since it is open sourced, free software. They should research how they do their updates, and copy their process! They use volunteer programmers....
We lost some people over this, some may come back, but a lot of the newer accounts will not return.
On the skate board, I was pretty tired of it! What little I had scraped together was dismal on the HF system! Last week I did more on E-mail than on Steem, and a really good post on smart meters, that I worked hard to put together, brought in nothing because of the HF. I should have waited to post it, but had no idea the HF would kill the entire blog.
BUT, Live and learn, I will keep posting!
:)I'm not about to argue against something needs to happen. This latest blog openly says they need accountability measures and protocols in place, and they've mentioned tools they want to create to make this all go smoother. So, they're even admitting to it.
The answer I've read or received directly when talking about these updates is that the blockchain is a different bird than anything else, due to its decentralized and always running nature (supposed to be running nature). I'm not an expert at any of that, but it does make sense to me to a degree that things could be harder, and with the blockchain itself being a more complicated program code-wise.
So, anyway, the bottom line is, regardless of how difficult things are, you still have to have a working, usable product, or it doesn't matter if it's like performing brain surgery in level one hurricane while balancing on the head of a flag pole.
The more complex the system, the more detailed the need for testing. A system this complex needs to be run on an isolated network of hundred of machines, with a planned challenge / testing list. Only when the alpha test in this isolated network is stable for a given time, can the system be analyzed for I/O results and the system irregularities corrected before a limited Beta release.
One more iteration of analysis and repair from Beta, and you will have something usable. But that is a lot more work to do to launch...but it works!
This launch came too close to a silent blog.
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