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RE: Steemit Ultimate Challenge 8 Weeks ( Prize Fund 2000 SBD ) Week #4 - Registration is in Progress
Hey @dobartim! Great initiative. One question regarding the funds: where will these 2,000 SBD come from? According to your post, your sponsors donated 100 SBD so far, but in your wallet there is not ony 1.00 SBD.
I wonder who you will be able to pay the prizes you're promoting here? You know: transparency is key in business :-)
Self-voted for more visibility, I guess this is an interesting question for many users.
I'm also looking for the answer to this query. Thanks for raising it @surfermarly!
@surfermarly I just wrote about that. It appears the generous donations are coming from excessive bot self-promotion.
Check out Trending today and you'll see what I mean ;-)
PS: Thanks for questioning this with a louder voice than mine.
Unfortunately the bidbot owners who boosted their trash to the trending page are not assuming any responsibility and keeping their votes. It's ridiculous! Even though they're pretty aware of the abuse, they still don't do anything to act against it - because it would reduce their earnings.
Well said, but while there is money to be made...
From what I've seen there should be a limit of spend per bid bot. Say 10 SBD per post, that way it'll be way harder get on the trending page without considerable effort.
We need to keep in mind that unregistered users see this page and it's our first impression to the world. I'd prefer curated content to appear there rather than promoted content.
Perhaps a small tweak to exclude posts using bit bots on the Trending Page would also suffice.