RE: User Authority - A Better Reputation System With Interesting Applications
Hey, @cryptoctopus, @scipio and @holger80.
Thanks @cryptoctopus for writing this post. I've ran into the other articles you cite and read at least one of them, but when things get too far into the technical weeds, it's hard slogging for this aging brain of mind. I appreciate you putting things into terms that are easier to understand. I'm sure there will be more to learn and grasp, but for now, I think I have an idea of what UA is and what it could do.
I've read through some of the comments here, but not all, so if I repeat what's already been asked, I apologize. You can simply refer me to where you've answered it already if you like.
It occurs to me, since it's happening to me, that most of us are being followed by bots, alts, etc., of every flavor and stripe. UA is supposed to be able to tell what those accounts are and downrank them? Meaning, their UA will drop because they are bots?
Now, I think I understood that it matters less who follows us than who we follow, although, in that, there's no way to know really how that's going to affect my UA. But if the purpose is to have a higher UA, why wouldn't it behoove me to follow those who have higher UA? I mean, I want to associate and read from the best STEEM has, right? Or is the purpose of all of this to essentially make it worth my while to follow all kinds of human accounts, no matter where their UA may be, within a certain limit. In other words, being choosy about the accounts I follow, but diverse in them, too.
The UA value of an account is only determined by the follow/unfollow behavior of all STEEM user. When they follow bidbots, they have a high UA and when they stop following bidbots, their UA will drop.
Following or unfollowing other users do not change the UA of an account significantly. In order to improve my UA, I have to act in the way that the number of followers increases. The best way is to this is by writing good content. For UA, it does not matter if the post is upvoted or not. It's only matters if it's read and user wan't to read more by following me.
So accounts with high UA are not followed because of their high UA; they are followed for their content.
Hey, @holger80. Thanks for responding. Okay, so to make sure I get this. You're talking about the UA of the bidbots going up and down as people follow or unfollow, right?
Okay, so it's dependent on who's following not who you follow. Okay, so in this case we're all hoping that we're being followed by those who want to read our content. Which is pretty much the way it's supposed to be now, except that it's not really. At least not in a proportional way.
Okay. So followers/unfollowers moves UA.