I'm sorry I couldn't reply immediately, because it was way past my bed-time and I needed to go to sleep. By responding this morning, it gave me the opportunity to read the posts you linked to without feeling pressured for time. It also gave me time to re-read the reply itself and further digest what you had to say. Your posts and comments are valid arguments and make rational sense. The only problem is that I don't think you understand my situation or what I have been writing.

I'm quite content with my compromise. I have already exceeded my initial goal for this platform and have set my second target.

In real life, I've been there and done that. I have already given more than half of what I have earned in my lifetime away and I'm at peace with myself. I have no need to earn more money; it in itself does not bring happiness. My goal is to work towards bringing peace and contentment to the rest of the world. That is why I am drawn to this platform. It has the potential to contribute towards that.

You wrote lots about voting and the conflicts surrounding that topic. I'm quite aware of all of that issue. The part I'm still not satisfied with is why you would think that buying votes is less harmful than vote-circles. I see both as creating the same environment, with the exception that bot-votes are done without human intervention and as you said, you must sometimes go back and remove votes. This means that when you don't have time to verify all your votes, some will slip by. It is this exact issue of getting those that slip by that make people keep trying because they will succeed at least a certain percentage of the time.

Also, by delegating SP to vote bots, you lose control of your votes entirely and the buyers of votes can vote on anything they please. Beyond that, by automating votes, the social aspect of this social media platform is lost as more and more of the platform becomes automated. It is my opinion that vote-circles are the better of the 2 evils because at least they involve manual voting and instill the idea of a gifting society (as opposed to a society where everyone is only looking to see what THEY can GET).

Consider also, that my intention is for ONLY low level people to participate. My program is not for those with fat wallets to simply increase their wealth. The vote bots have no such restriction. I manually monitor what is going on and can intervene as soon as I detect abuse.

I don't understand your last 2 paragraphs at all. I believe that everyone has a voice regardless of the SP in their account. I have seen authors with brand new accounts say things that had much worth and influenced their readers. At the opposite end, I have seen accounts with fat wallets post pure garbage (of course that's only my opinion). So, no, this conversation would be just as interesting to me whether you had zero SP or 20 M SP.

Of course, I do appreciate your support, as I would the support from someone with just 0.001 SBD for their vote worth. It is the thought that matters.

Thanks, and...
Let's put the social back into social media!