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RE: Case 7: raping the reward pool with 1700+ accounts - things are getting serious!
Thinking about making a bot or program so I can flag these guys in mass... Comment spam is seriously getting ridiculous and steemit will die if this doesn't get taken care of now before they gain more SP to upvote themselves..
If you trail @sadkitten 's flags it will have the same effect as we're already doing this
Just because I'm not afraid to look stupid, how do I "trail" @sadkitten 's flags?
You'd need a bot of some kind. I don't have any solution for this, sorry. I know others much have but I do not know of an open source solution.
Probably better would be to delegate some SP to the @sadkitten account which will help us have enough SP to counter all that we come across. It's very dynamic and as we find more spam accounts we will probably need more.
But I see you don't have a large amount of SP anyway, so just resharing posts and getting involved in the discussion might be the best for now.
Thank you 😇
I'm happy to do what I can.
Here's another stupid question - at what point do people have enough sp to start delegating it? I would give some if it helped. It's really important to me as a content creator to see this place looking good.
Obviously this is a big organized effort with the"Mystery 1700" and now you are on it, but if there is anything I can do as a minnow - I want to help.
I answer my own individual spam comments and try to set people right if they are new, but if they are bots, I don't think I am accomplishing anything by replying.
Hi @fitinfun, I just joined here and this spam problem is exactly the first thing than concerned me about this platform. While there are bots doing a decent job, and downvotes do help....it's not enough. New accounts can be created . Kill one head and three more appear. I love the ideas here, but I'm concerned it could lead to nothing. A lot of big users are powering down their steem power which has me concerned Steemit could be showing signs of self-destructing? Although users are growing, how many of these are quality users as opposed to spam accounts? You can read my thoughts on this here https://steemit.com/steemit/@joannajablonka/steemit-is-in-danger-of-self-destruction-why-reddcoin-could-win
"A lot of big users are powering down their steem power which has me concerned Steemit could be showing signs of self-destructing?"
I am on your page exactly. "Kill one head and three more appear" ergh...
Going over to check out your post :)
The idea they had awhile back to make two reward pools one for comments, one for posts is starting to look more attractive. It will not FIX the problem but it will limit its potential damage.
Yes, we need to be on top of this trend asap!
There are a few bots picking this up already, but any new approach can only strengthen the efforts!
Sherlock take a look at these welcome bots + proxy self vote abusers :
https://steemit.com/steemit/@simoneighties/welcome-bot-proxy-self-vote-abuse-in-introduceyourself
Saved for later! Sorry my desk is cluttered already!
That is a splendid idea! It would really help us all. Thank u.
sooo true