IIRC one of the requirements to get on the eds-vote list is to have at least 100EDSI and technically also notify them as the list in not automated as far as I know (I don't think I'm on it even though I own enough tokens cause I've never mentioned it)
Personally projects really should move away from this kickback for owning, delegating etc in the forms of upvotes. Hive will be better off without that sort of thing, at least on a automated scale.
It's a little different if they are actually considering content quality and manually curating. For instance a project like this could make it so owning/delegating etc gets to put on a priority curation list, where your posts get looked over first but still actually have to be good.
That in my opinion is a more sensible and less shady looking way of running things. Naturally it is also more work because people are needed to put in the hours curating.
I think bring this into light is a good thing and it's not to say we're out to name and shame but really highlight that there are alternative ways to run things that look and feel better in the public view. So I'm all for it.
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Thanks, very well put and completely agree.