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RE: Should Steem Be Rewarding 'Proof of Brain' or 'Proof of Wallet'? Plus, Are Vote Bots Good/Bad?
This is what gamers call "pay-to-win." Steemit is a social media game where playing it well means producing great content and building relationships. You win rewards when you do that.
In come the "pay-to-win"ners, who buy the best gear(biggest votes) so they can beat all the other great players they wouldn't normally beat. In this case, it's done by jumping to the top of trending and hot lists and by attracting people with the lure of big votes which usually never come.
The one voting bot that has some proof of brain built in is smartsteem, but at this point it's not much of a difference
Yes, I can see the connection to gaming in that way. It's understandable that we do such things when money is available to be won. In gaming contests and other sports contests there are rules to attempt to mitigate these issues and bring a balance, but that doesn't really exist here.