I see self-voting more as staking as it would be compared to on other top blockchains.
UI's don't have to show Trending exactly as the blockchain sees it. They can get creative to feature 'good' content.
RE: What I like and dislike concerning Blurt.
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What I like and dislike concerning Blurt.
Other blockchains aren't connected to social media sites, don't have content. The problem is that users won't make the effort to seek for interesting content if it is more easy to upvote themselves and 'friends'/alt accounts automatically? There is less incentive to create 'quality content' if nobody values it and seeks for it.
If then I look from outside at STEEM/HIVE/Blurt and see nothing but highly rewarded Korean mini posts or also a self-voting @jaki01, then why should I consider to join?
What can you do against plagiarism on the platform without flags?
Not only are the masses of almost worthless Mini Posts, but they also violate the requirement for referencing foreign content in rows. Nobody seems to be bothered by this. Neither by the unreasonable rewards for banalities, nor by the copyright violations. Nobody seems to be bothered by the fact that by saving them on the blockchain, series of licence-free images are declared as own products by omitting a source reference.
You know and this just provides me with even more evidence than in the end when you're actually going to want is highly exclusive community.
Might not be good that it's easy to join. Something like anybody can read but in order to write you need to blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Or something like the community is totally private. In order to read, you pay the community a tribute. In order to write, you contribute to engaging conversations with community members and......
Nobody likes any exclusive community except the people thinking they are the top of human being. Any blah is welcome on a blockchain if there is any community thought behind a posting, the wish for communication. You know exactly that there are gangs practisicing pure farming on your blockchain. Making maximal profit should not be the reason for a blogs posting. It always should be the wish of spreading a message or initiate a conversation.
By the way, these gangs make sure that potential bloggers as well as serious investors turn away from such a block chain in disgust. We could clearly see that over the four years on the Steem. So there is no point in belittling the problem or even trying to denigrate those who address the problem as arrogant separatists. Better should think about, how to avoid farming gangs.
Exclusivity, yes.
I agree that in case a short 'bla blah post' leads to a lively discussion in the comment section, it has served the community/platform more than a long, elaborated article with no comments.
However, most trending posts (correct me if wrong) show no or very little user engagement in the comment area, which in my eyes is a hint that in many cases their main purpose is vote accumulation/farming ...
Someone is basically using trending for staking now which is great because they could just dump the 1+ million Blurt but they are holding it.
I never really looked at trending much, it's better to cultivate your own feed.
Lol, I 'stake' a lot here, too, but I disagree that it's beneficial for a platform in the long run, if such behaviour is profitable: if big accounts just 'stake' (self- or circle vote), there is no reason at all for other, smaller users to join such a self-centered microcosm - and as we all know: the value of a (social) network is measured among others by the number of its users.
What are your long term plans for Blurt?
Nobody likes any exclusive community except the people thinking they are the top of human being. Any blah is welcome on a blockchain if there is any community thought behind a posting, the wish for communication. You know exactly that there are gangs practisicing pure farming on your blockchain. Making maximal profit should not be the reason for a blogs posting. It always should be the wish of spreading a message or initiate a conversation.
By the way, these gangs make sure that potential bloggers as well as serious investors turn away from such a block chain in disgust. We could clearly see that over the four years on the Steem. So there is no point in belittling the problem or even trying to denigrate those who address the problem as arrogant separatists. You better should think about, how to avoid farming gangs.
Okay so what can you do against plagiarism on the platform without flags?
In my mind it's pretty simple:
one you allow people to report content in the front end.
Two honestly I don't think that plagiarism has ever been that big of a deal because authentic content has its own light its own feeling its own air it's own everything and so it feels different and it naturally earns greater rewards.
Of course, I may be proven wrong. Let us find out.