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Large upvotes for minnows is a way to help those especially from poor countries where a little help goes a long way

Yeah, some would just shift full power upvotes from their own posts to their own comments.....

Maybe an earning limit on comments?

Yeah, this sounds plausible.
I second this.

I don't. I typically get 3/4 of my rewards from my comments, rather than my posts, and such limits would probably be difficult to design to prevent harming folks engaging on other's posts.

Particularly for new users, doing that is a far more profitable use for their time than posting epic blogs into the void of obscurity most posts fall into.

I'm just eclectic and interested in the ideas folks come up with, and discussing them is educational.

$25 should be enough right?
What do you think?
(Btw even I earn more through my comments, somehow for some reason, people like it lol)
And I see you already proving your point.

Well, let's get to the root of the problem, rather than trying to cure the symptoms.

The symptoms we're talking about curing are a direct result of bots voting.

Cure that. Problem solved.

Ban vote-bots altogether, how about that? I mean, if we're actually making good content, then we don't need bot votes, right?
I know this sounds a bit far fetched.

Get rid of self upvoting. That would solve some of the problem I think.

Instead of selfvoting, folks just buy votes from bots. It's a little less profitable, as the bots cost money. Not enough of a difference to make a difference though.