RE: Charts and interpretation of @calamus056 's comment self-voting user list since HF19 - PART 3 (potential comment abuse)
I really appreciate your research into this.
One thing I would like to see is a chart that shows how those self voting are RECEIVING votes on their comments from others. I predict that self voters are depriving themselves of the votes of others because they are self voting, and a)people notice and don't like it, and b)recipients of votes like to reciprocate, which self voting fails to encourage.
While there would need to be a control group included of those that do not self vote their comments at all to compare with self voters, and this would complicate the research a bit, I think it would be a priceless tool (if I'm right) that would quickly change the ways of self voters.
Also, since Steemit is mostly folks with little SP, there is a tipping point beyond which self voting is likely more profitable than receiving votes from the community alone.
This would be very interesting information too.
I tried really hard, but I just can't not say '...lies, damn lies, and statistics.'
Sorry.
You make several good points, most of which have been raised internally in the Steem Coop, if not yet also in posts by some of its members. =)
yes damn statistics lol... personz and calamus made all our lives harder by providing us with more facts about the world ;)
Thanks a lot. Great ideas and as @the-ego-is-you said, there's been discussion on this.
It's very easy to mislead with statistics, you see this every single day in newspapers. There are a few things to look out for but even then it's hard to catch when it's not a true interpretation. So it certainly is easier to err on the side of caution and consider it all lies 😉