It is clear by account creation that some people are multiple people here. Do we really want people making multiple accounts to self vote their posts and comment on their own work? Is this going to be steem 4.0? (Weku/Whaleshares/Others in that era, were 2.0, then hive is 3.0.... both major failures, hive less so.)
I think this is a sign that it is going to be ugly here if we let it be. :(
There are more if you go down but these are the easiest and most latest to see.
Since there is no downvoting or flagging here, the only option for me is to not support them and I would suggest doing the same unless you want another failed fork of steem! I don't! I want this place to succeed!
"Vote and let vote", I say.
Downvotes have been removed for this reason.
When the community starts to watch for stuff like this, it creates a weird environment and it drives people away.
I think the suspicion arises because those who understand and might understand how things work in the future, feel slighted when they realize they have been double or triple or quadruple and beyond, voting the same person and not even realizing it. It is a form of deception and there is simply no need for more than one account on any chain unless to provide cover for shady behavior. I think it keeps arising on each platform because a lot of people are privy to the idea that the only reason for it is to try to increase earnings for one's self and that is detrimental to the communities as a whole in any situation. If someone wishes to "separate content" or whatever excuse they use, by having multiple accounts, there is no excuse because it can be done by formatting different posts with different titles and there needn't be more than that done. Whole separate accounts are made to spread further comment reach, to comment as different people on the same content, to secure extra curation rewards, to self-vote, and many many other shady reasons. To ignore them makes one ignorant and you should probably ask yourself "Why do the communities keep pointing this out and making a deal of it?" and you will find the answer is..
None of us want to feel like we're being cheated out of a fair deal because of greedy actors and the only excuse for multiple accounts as one person is to either abuse or disguise, separation of content alone is not adequate at all.
I would rather have people who don't understand it be driven away over having them come here disillusioned to how things work, spend their time and money here just to find out one day that 8 people they were voting for each day were really the same person and they believed all the stories, feeling they were supporting many people, and then they feel scammed and leave anyway while labeling and calling it a "scam" in other places and further damaging any reputation that may have been built along the way. Those who see the value of blurt will be here one way or another and there is much hope in a new place, but if we can't all just be real here (Those of us who aren't just lowlife scammers in the first place.) and not hide behind a plethora of accounts, then this place has no more hope than any of them did and the experience will be no more genuine or real than steem and hive and any of the others were/are.
Agreed ... Smoke, Steemit and Hive were destroyed by this one guy who had hundreds of accounts.
You don't mean the dude who programmatically made all those accounts very early on, right? Or is that who you mean? His name is Mark I think but I forget his handle.
There's no advantage here to having lots and lots of accounts In fact it is less efficient.
However if one of our users wants to have lots and lots of accounts because they wish to shield their identity, I support that.
That is a valid use of the blurt platform.
Yeah I definitely agree with this position, and I certainly don't always agree with my esteemed colleague @birdinc.
one of the things that I really like about what's going on with blurt is that it operates on a very simple principle:
Users pay to post. There is no subsidy or loss for content. If content is not good enough, transaction fees can be raised.
Blurt treats everyone equally, and this is very important.
We are still far from perfect here at blurt, but I see improvements every day.
Yes, this account has been created to promote Blurt on Twitter. Much Love #blurtlove love ❤️
Saying love a million times over does not make your actions seem any more positive nor did you need to have multiple accounts to promote on twitter. It just seems as lame excuses to multiple account and vote yourself and comment on your own posts. Positive buzz words won't make you seem any less honesty and forthright.
Agreed. People should not have more than 2 accounts on here. One should be enough.