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RE: Analysis of Timing of Upvote Bot Use
So the campaign seems to have worked in some regard.
I'm not soo sure - would you notice a boost on a post that is 3 or 5 days old? I probably wouldn't in both cases. And if it is low quality, does someone actually "correct" the rewards? At least gives more time to report abusers have maybe have the bot revert its vote... Is this done by users?
I think I already got ideas for 3 more analysis posts by just writing this... ;)
No perhaps not. The bot owners who have reduced the vote period have 'helped' with the numbers. I would hope the the cat and co. Are finding the crap as was the plan.
I don't think bots reverse the vote.
And I'm glad to hear you have more analysis planned!
I think it resolves one issue, which is potentially taking advantage of the 3.5 day averaging, even if that may not be the main driver for most late upvoters.
Some of the bot owners are also working on quality constraints - so the extra time could give them the ability to work through any action they think necessary. This may be an area Analysis / Utopian could assist with in general - automated systems to find abuse. As long as you can define what abuse is!