On the platform that I was on in 2020 (it has been destroyed by spammers and scammers - so I won't even bother mentioning it since it no longer exists...) the reason why they plagiarized general topics is because it didn't matter in the least.
It was only a placeholder for their clan to come and mass upvote.
then their clan would drop meaningless comments like "nice post", "good info", "I learned a lot"
and literally every one of those comments would get 40 upvotes.
They would reach new levels - and grow en masse.
When we would downvote the posts, and the comments - they would run to the "authorities" and cry foul. What happened? We got punished. (and we only had 1 downvote per person. Nothing was unbalanced - it was a fair system to maintain the integrity of the platform)
And what happened? well - months later the entire platform was overrun.
To the spammers and scammers - it has nothing to do with integrity, quality, or the longevity of the platform. It was only a matter of earning their weekly wage - and at the end of the week, they absolutely cashed out and kept the value of the token low (while others held for the entire year - and were left with nothing in the end)
The thing that makes me intrigued with Blurt's system - is that every operation has a cost. So that is somewhat of a deterrent. UNLESS, the "gangs" are willing to invest enough to outweigh that, and THEN grow like a cancer.
I guess time will tell??
Unlike the parent and sister chain, this isn't a problem as much. Let me explain why.
Our resident math genius has designed the reward pool in such a way so that one can't use the ludicrous saying of
My pull doesn't affect your pull, and the pool grows and shrinks based on how much is powered up. If you wish to know more about the way it is designed, I'm sure rycharde who designed it will be happy to explain it more to you.
So then that leaves an observation of mine from years ago.
Either the math is good and can actually accommodate for the pull promised, or there is a bait and switch taking place. Everyone always hated on haejin and Rancho for their pull, but they were only exercising their promised reward mechanism as promised by the math. It's only possible due to investing and staking. So many overlook the benefits to the entire community of those who actually invest and then lock it up in stake. Without those doing this, there is no monetary value beyond what pump and dump exchange people maneuver in their continual quest to leave a trail of bag holders behind them.
Because of the way Blurt is designed, the only negative impact that those who invest heavily to use as an extraction tool are having is their flooding of the markets with the rewards they extract, as promised to them.
I defend their right to post absolute drivel to upvote themselves 100% as promised with their investment. As mentioned, their pull doesn't take from mine.
I believe instead as a community that the focus should instead be on asking
Why is the demand not keeping up with the supply? If we create more access points of interest to make folks want to be a part of this, to make them want to invest then it shouldn't matter how much the extraction investors extract because the demand is greater than anything they can produce. :)
Rycharde?!?!?!?!?!
hahahahahah I had NO idea that he was part of the design here!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew him briefly on Steem, and we used to talk in DM on discord because his mind was BRILLIANT and I was FASCINATED with it!!!!!!! math genius??? I think that is an underestimate hahahahahahaha
Wow... ok - well, just by dropping his name, you've given me some insight into how this system has more integrity!!!
and come to think of it - I'm going to have to find him in DM and ask him to take a look at DreemPort and see where he sees some flaws in how we are designed!!! I am wondering if he would suggest what another old friend suggested hmmmm and now that I know that he helped design this??? lol I bet he would
Just so you know - I've mentioned my project several times- and I hope you don't think I'm pushing it on you. hahahaa I'm not. It's just always on my mind how to make it better. And ALSO just so you know - the beautiful thing about DreemPort (and one of the things I'm MOST proud of) is that it doesn't pull people from their platforms of choice. It actually brings people together briefly and then sends them BACK to their platforms, WITH a few more eyes on their content each day, and gives them a taste of OTHER platforms in a non-aggressive/ very supportive way. (hence... the PORT part of our name) so - please don't think I'm coming to Blurt to steal people... hahaha
on the contrary... I think you'll see more people get exposed to Blurt - now that we are here :)
hmmmm i'm super excited to go find rycharde now hahahaha - this is on my to-do list this week!!!!!
and.. i'm bringing several people to this comment so we can talk about it in our next meeting!!!
@shadowspub @bluefinstudios @penderis @kemmyb @jacoalberts @mcyusuf @makeitrain4ever @samsmith1971
Thanks so much for all that info!!! I'm digesting it!!!
To-do list?
Ehhhh... Seems like someone is done with Thanksgiving Celebration 😂.
Okiiii... Lemme grab a bite of the post and catch the full gist before gracing the Comment section.
Biyeeeeeeeeeee
hahahahaThanksgiving is TOMORROW.
If I'm able to still push on all things NOW... wait til AFTER Thanksgiving LOLOLOL
And thank you for bringing me here. I'm busy exploring the new terrain and I love it!
Totally agree with you, you summarize a lot of why it is harmful all this that we can observe in blurt and sister chains.
hmmm I can't see my direct parent comment here. It keeps telling me that the comment doesn't exist hahaha
ahhh ok - i can see the comments now hahahaa
I just had to refresh the page. and yes - but hopefully what practicalthought shared is why this ISN'T going to be taken advantage of here???
i really hope so! because all platforms deserve to thrive!! :)