I don't disagree with any of what you're saying here Nik.
The only thing is that I don't think it's possible to HF bidbots out of steem unless you get rid of delegation outright. That's my understanding of it anyway. As a dolphin who just wants to create content on here, and reward good content I enjoy I'd be fine to see delegation go. But I don't think most people would tbh. But I do agree with this statement 100%
All bid bots must disappear completely from this platform. Full stop.
I think the only way it will happen though is to make them less profitable to delegate to than legitimate projects or curation guilds.
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Then let's hope the changes in HF 21 can deter people from using them.
If they can't go then I'd like to see them change their tack and work with manual curation initiatives to make the best use of the sheer voting power those bid bot accounts have and support content chosen by manual curation folks. Can you imagine the difference that would make. Curation rewards alone with 50/50 coming in would be staggering and it would benefit everyone.
The trending feed would look good with real world content and it would be varied.
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The Palnet trending page is a little better as it is not controlled by bots.
I'll definitely be using palnet a lot more. I am mainly on the go via Partiko on steem which uses the steemit trending page I believe. Ib have faith that it will get better though. At least things are being tried out 🙂
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Delegation is a powerful tool on Steem and too valuable to give up. I delegate to lots of people, but not to the big bots. 50/50 author/curation rewards should make buying votes less attractive. Some bots do have some ethics and operate blacklists for abusers, but there are enough who do not and cause problems. It will be interesting to see if they survive HF21. I am sure they will try to find other ways to make money.