Changes live on steem-bounty
Recently we implemented some short term changes in order to deal with abuse. Some of this we anticipated but some was also reported to us by users so we decided to deal with it as fast as we could.
More power to the bounty creator: Max effect downvote
The downvotes of bounty creators now have a much higher effect than before. If you have anyone trying to game your bounty by using upvoting bots or any other way that you as a creator of the bounty seem unfair you can now downvote any comment with the effect that such comment will receive no reward whatsoever.
There are many bounty creator with little SP and so we think that it was prudent to give the creators the power to police their bounties simply by donwvoting with any % of their voting power. This allows anyone to deal with abuse in a simple way and puts all power to the bounty creator.
Blacklist
We created a blacklist so that we can put users that want to abuse on it. The blacklist has the effect that users on it cannot earn any bounty rewards. They may still post bounties and vote on them as any other bounty creator, but bounties they have not created off limits to them in terms of reward payout.
Pleas use our telegram channel in case of any abuse
Join our telegram channel if you have any questions or want to interact with us. But please particularly reach out if u see some abuse so we can deal with it.
More to follow
We are working hard on making our site go live soon.
The above is a recent screenshot and we hope we will have it live within weeks.
Let us know what you think
I would be curious to hear your feedback on these changes. Do you think this is enough or should we do something else?
I think it's excellent, because this is a viable and correct way to make rewards an adequate system, where the creator is satisfied with the way in which they are distributed, since sometimes there are those who wish to make use of their influence among the users and cheating. This would create a gap between cheaters and the system. Great, because I notice that there are users who are taken with a comment that sees them automatic
thank you
This is superb. ... I really admire the recent development, as it will be unfair to use upvote bot on a comment in order to get higher bounty. Thanks @steem-bounty
cool! blacklist spammers.. looking forward to the website as well.
kudos to this project. FUR'd!
Dude sry for pointing that out (and I do not wanna start a discussion and in case I'm wrong I will gladly apologize) but in my opinion you are abusing this system.
Checking your comments shows instant 6-8 upvotes on every comment you comment under bounty-post leading to you getting a huge amount of the non-creator bounty.
yes.. that's true. i don't know how to stop that. even for comments i do for posts that are not part of a bounty, it happens.
any suggestions?
hmmm I really do not wanna insinuate something but checking the data on steemd and following back some voters your upvotes really look like minnowboosters bought upvotes
Great update..and right initiative ...!!! Some steemians use bot for bounty rewards.. It's very bad.. They are spammer.. I think, @steem-bounty takes effective step for removing such kinds of spamming ...
Thank you!
Welcome
Really glad to hear this. Noticed people using most likely upvote bots lately to upvote there comments (and often pretty obvious with 8 or more votes on every single comment under every single bounty-post).
Really looking forward to your website!
Will definitely try using a bounty on a post of mine in the near future!
This is a good move. I think in order for this project to really reach thousands and ultimately millions of people here on Steemit it has to be seen as the most effective, efficient and powerful way to get your message out there, as the creator of the bounty. And it also has to inspire enough confidence in prospects and creators alike that the results/input or content will be of the highest quality. Therefore this was a necessary measure.
I find both downvoting option and blacklisting great improvment of the steem-bounty policy.
I think this is brilliant.
These upvote botters got out of hand
Perfect, nothing else was missing :)
Bounty bounching rapidly... Happy as a bountian