there's plenty of stuff that gets random upvotes some times and sets off a chain reaction of getting to trending without anyone really have read it.
Why not make the "trending page" based on unique page views then?
Don't people like haejin+rancho have the right (based on their stake) to upvote whatever trash they wish?
You don't think those could be faked too?
Sure they can similar to how people can downvote whatever trash they wish.
Depends who you ask I bet, if your self-vote is big but also just a small percentage of all the upvotes your posts usually get then it's kind of frowned upon in my eyes. Along with if you have a big self-vote and at the same time the content you produce is low effort.
Can't you filter by something like "only count unique page views by logged in HIVE accounts with more than 100 HIVE-POWER" or something like that?
This doesn't sound like an "unsolvable problem".
I just don't understand what the "moral theory" is supposed to be here.
Why would you "frown upon" a large self-vote?
It could be used better than already voting on your posts that may get $50-100 per post? Look at @theycallmedan, if he'd self-vote it would feel a bit strange cause he doesn't need it, at the same time if he posted a meme or a photo with a couple words and self-voted it where his 20-40$ vote was 90% of the rewards it would be a disservice to everyone else to not downvote it a bit, no?
Disagreeing on how much reward any specific post "deserves" seems strange.
For example, if a street-musician gets a $100 tip, and they seem to be making less effort than the other street-musicians,
Does that alone give me the right to scoop that tip out of their hat and redistribute that money to the other street-musicians?
NO.
That money is not mine, and I have no right to say that street-musician doesn't "deserve" that large tip.
Also, if the street-musician put their own $100 bill into their own hat, that still wouldn't give me the right to take it out of their hat and redistribute it to the other street-musicians.
I know people like to say "it dilutes the reward pool".
But the same exact argument applies to real-life-CASH-MONEY-DOLLARS as well.
Whenever someone spends a large amount of money, they are reducing the value of your money.
If everyone stops spending, your savings actually increase in "purchasing power".
Why are you assuming a tip is the same as allocation of the reward pool?
You purchase "reward pool" shares by staking your HIVE.
This translates into your "vote power".
It's basically a dividend.
You can choose to share this dividend with random performers who compete for your upvote.
Or, you can choose to upvote yourself.