RE: Response to @dantheman "notice-to-bot-spammers"
This post is 100% spot on period. It is exactly what I am saying not just about the bot pools but the actual people that hold high levels of SP that in turn run around telling people that disagree with them that they are done, for good on the platform because they put them in a bot banlist.
No other reason, I don't like you, you are gone.
Where is the user experience going to go? Down.
It is abusive to use the power vested to you in the network (be it early adopter, investor or otherwise) to be able to completely destroy someone and mute them because you have your panties in a bunch that day, they insulted you, they don't think the same, or otherwise.
Discourse is fine, alternate opinion is fine. Discussion is fine, but outright aggression to people in such a new platform is going to be fatal.
There ARE bots that are being made for good purposes, and there are many that are not.
You won't stop AI and botting, you can only guide.
Very good post @williambanks
@michaelx Thank you! I love knowing that there are others who see this the same way already. The good thing is that this place is small enough that our voices can be heard, we just have to choose carefully how we speak so we can make our point understood by the broadest audience possible.