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RE: Bots are Ruining the Mainstream Potential of Steemit
lots of the curation issue comes down to UI in my opinion. I don't remember the last time I've actually curated a tag. Also, having voting on the trending page and hot page makes it so people don't read the article before voting. Maybe hiding the payout before voting would be a better way to have "blind" vote where people actually vote with their conscience.
On the spam bot issue, I would have a mechanism like hubpages: rate limiting. You need 5 posts to be approved through a slow process before given a pass to write as much as you want. That would deter quite a bit of those nasty people to spam.
Finally, we may have to resort at one point to have people pay to become users. That makes it extra hard for trolls to actually join.
Good ideas mate for sure. The approval process is a great idea. We have a process that was introduced in the virtual world, where the content goes through a "Peer Review" and needs x-amount of votes before it passes and is publicly viewable. That alone cut the crap being submitted in half overnight. Not saying that is the right solution for here, but what i am saying is this type of system can work wonders in increasing quality content. Also to give there bots there day, maybe even a "No Bot" option for users that have been through the process, then it would at least give bots there chance etc. I am not saying i like the bots being here, but if they are going to be apart of the ecosystem then creating a happy medium with steemians might be a solution.
Good points. Food for thought.
I like the voting idea.
I love the approval idea.
But this would require a moderation team, which doesn't seem to be in place at the moment. I would be willing to join that team, and I'm sure many others would as well... but this post doesn't seem to have made it significantly far, so I doubt our voices will be heard. It is unfortunate if nothing comes of this, I firmly believe there are better methods to improve user experience without resorting to bots.