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RE: Vote Bot Takeover Musings & Open Forum - What Would You Like Me To Write About?
really interesting because I've been wondering about the effects of bots. I don't fully get the point but I do see that it is not a profit center for content creators. I like how you described it as a toll because that helps me wrap my head around what is really going on. It never occurred to me that a witness cartel could form and that is worrying to say the least. I also never thought about a bot owner dumping bids into their own bot lol. I'd like to learn more about the eco system in laymen's terms. That might be something helpful to write about since so many newbies are being onboarded into the ecosystem.
The bots are more like paid advertising than a toll, but if your blog needs paid advertising to compete, it becomes like a toll, too.
No ill intent implied.
I hear you on that and I don't think there is anything wrong with that. It's just like boosting a post on facebook but at least you get most of your spend back. I'm not against bots as long as I understand how they effect the community. I don't think they are as bad as people say and I think there are a lot of sour grapes type members here. It's frustrating to be a newbie but the longer people hang in there their perspectives will shift. Only then can really understand your gripes lol. But, I do think that boosting into a trending section that people are tired of seeing doesn't make much sense.