♥️Thank you for your review of my feedback.
It could be as simple as excluding posts that have a vote by @curie.
Another consideration I forgot to mention is payout calculation. For instance, I had to correct my post because I returned 92 cents (27 of which goes to curators.) However, I spent less than I returned (obviously, as there was profit.) Interestingly enough, I believe I spent bidding the same amount that benefits the curators from the return— or that's the goal. Thus basically transferring my bid to additional curation rewards. If the total calculation of bids (not payout) is less than the curation reward payout, and the value of real votes exceeds the bot payout by 80%, it's less likely to be some kind of foul play.
In other words, high paying posts that get real votes from real people and whose bot use is negligible, where the actual payout after curation rewards is exceedingly more than they spent on the actual bids- are probably fine.
If you notice, most of the trending page abuse is dolphins and above. Hitting minnows who are just learning is very discouraging. I have pretty tough skin but I'm sure you don't want your bot to be counterproductive and scare away new users who are creating worthwhile content that gets genuinely rewarded.
It may also be worthwhile to consider the average payout of the last 10 posts. Usually, hardcore users consistently raise all of their posts to $100 or more. Those who are peer rewarded generally have a 1 or 2 high paying posts out of 10, the rest are getting $1-$10.
Just offering some ideas (take or leave) and thanks again for the congrats. ♥️
Thank you again for your reply, you are making very valid arguments.
Keep in mind, the mission for transparency bot is to provide transparency to the network, not make judgements. As soon as I start judging who's post is worthy, it looses all value.
I am going to look into many of the things you have mentioned as they have merit.
Please see this list of abusers, and you will know why this bot is in action.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bycoleman/bid-bot-activity-report-04-01-18-04-07-18-who-s-paying-the-most-to-promote-their-articles