My main objection is to those who buy themselves massive votes that are obviously to make money rather than to trend.
Game theory predicts that these actors will always appear - but not at the detriment to where they become the rule rather than the exception and @dan's model of good governance is burnt to the ground. Rome beware here ... violins and matches are making their way to Steemit.
I can understand some people are desperate for money, but they are not necessarily producing good content. The Hot and Trending pages should not take bought votes into consideration.
An ethical algorithm is tricky territory here ... just ask Google self-drive cars! But we do need a set of rules upon arrival that serve as some kind of moral compass. Then people can make as much money as they want within the rules. The bad actors should be the minority and not the majority!
I've been provoking some discussion around this. Seems at least some people agree with me. Very few have the SP to really counter the bots. Ned obviously chooses not to
Buying into SP is too high for the 99% now so I've powered down to horde SBD instead. That way if Bitcoin tanks or a market black swan appear later this year, then I'm ready to cash out ASAP. A mix of hodling and cashing out is good, as pure hodling just doesn't work.
I'm powering everything up. I think Steem is good for the long run. Not that bothered about the money really. I don't have expensive tastes
I like our differing hodling methods :) Lets hope we both get out 2018 alive! Ha ha!
To Hodle or not the Hodle, that is the question.