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Oh this is very disturbing to me. Not knowing what a bidbot even is, I asked a few people if sbi is one and was assured sbi is acceptable by newsteem standards. Most of the shares I've accumulated in sbi were bought FOR me by accounts that appreciated my posts, so the origins of the upvotes are tied to value in posts, at least in my case. I just started buying them for others for the same reason, and am happiest doing this for the smaller accounts - it seems a much better reward for quality than my upvote, which is worth next to nothing now on posts with small payouts. Maybe some whales are abusing sbi, but for the tiny accounts, sbi upvotes are sometimes the only upvotes of any value that the tiny accounts get, no matter how good the posts are. So many of the changes have made it even more difficult for new users who have not invested in steem to make any currency at all.
SBI is a way to help venezuelan proyects to grow, is a point of view i was meditating all these days and now that i read this looks like is a problem, but i think that everything carried by the concious of the one would be good, keep things descentralized and by manual curation looks like the best, at least for me, as a content creator think that, blockchain well developed is a pithagoras teorem resolution so, let's keep growing and understanding the best path for all.
SBI helping charities is another good point about their services. I think they should do more.
It's helping the whales too much, that's the problem.
yes, whales need to find balance, has to be a way to valuate always good content
Most whales have found a balance, but a few have lost a lot of money and are trying to make it back in an agressive manner. It's pretty much up to the other whales or a large pod of orcas to keep them in check.
My thoughts are much in line with yours @owasco! There's so many contests that have a hard time giving out STEEM as rewards, but do SBI shares to help all the awesome people who join get something and also grow both accounts. I'm sure like any system, there are opportunities for abuse. But by and large the people I see using it are quality creators who really do support a lot of communities and other endeavors that make Steem a great place. I can see a possible need to adjust the system as @abitcoinskeptic points out, but I hope they do it in a way that doesn't alienate the many people who have put their faith in the program. (and invested hard-earned STEEM, as well)
I'm glad people are pointing out the positives. I hope these endure.
Community contests are great and it is a neat way to reward people.
However, I want to see more done to eliminate negative use.
As long as efforts trying to "eliminate" negative use do not make it even harder for the Littles to make a dime. No one talks about the upvote curve, but I feel that is terribly unfair to accounts with low sp, both producers and curators. That's where I would like some attention focused.
I do like the idea of taking a look at someone's average income per post (just add up the posts if they post multiple times a day ... their loss), and giving them a handicap if it doesn't look like they are just out there farming Steem.
There are a few large orcas and whales going around maximizing ROI in schemes like sbi, these people need to chamge and sbi should be less accomodating.
Normal users are fine.
I draw the line at comment voting and maximizing ROI by excessive use of their services.
I definitely see positive aspects in things like sbi and I'm glad you brought that up.
My idea is to make more positive things prevail.
thank you I hope you succeed. sbi is a great way to reward small accounts doing great work, the kind of posts and accounts that will make no one any money so they tend to be overlooked.