RE: Are Bid-bots Good For Steemit? - Yes or No? - Best Argument For Each Position Wins 5 Steem!
The question being; Are Bidbots Good For Steemit???
My answer would be no they are not. My reason is simple; here is what the Steemit FAQ pages say about Reputation:
Why does my reputation score matter?
A reputation score is one way Steemit measures the amount of value you have brought to the community. In real estate, they say there are three variables of the utmost importance: location, location, location. On Steemit, those things are: reputation, reputation, reputation. It’s not to say other variables aren’t important, but reputation will be an enormous factor in your level of success.
Reputation is built by the number of votes received, whether natural, curation trail, or bid bots. With the first two, I view those as honest votes, and valuable votes toward the reputation of an individual. Bid-Dot votes are bought and paid for votes. There was nothing reputation wise earned. Just a politician buying a vote.
All that being said, The votes purchased by bid-bots are allowed to be sold. The use of an individual's vote is entirely up to them. I have no problem with people who want to sell their vote, I do not even care if they cheat the buyer, (life sucks when people can sell and buy votes), if you try to buy a vote and they cheat you, I honestly do not care.
In conclusion Bidbots have destroyed the reputation system of steemit, therefore they are not good for steemit.
Hi @bashadow. I hope your day is going well my friend.
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your thoughts on this divisive issue. I have my own opinion of bidbits and their pros and cons but for tge sake of tgis post Im trying to remain as neutral as possible but I think you raise a very important point in terms of the reputation of all of us individually and as a group.
If it was just a person selling a vote, or a person buying a vote, it is their vote, but what a lot of people do not realize is that buy votes is also buying reputation.
Thank you for making my Sunday start off with a bang. It was a pleasant surprise.
You're welcome mate. :) Thanks again.