So you think it is absolutely right to place this post of yours on that #trending to make or show points? Being a witness you didn't find any other better option??
What kind of message are you guys passing to new users by doing so? IMO this kind of joke only increase the abuse and spam.
You are just spreading false messages to the new users or the users who don't have any idea about your so-called sarcasm may be.
On the other hand you are also the same guy who runs some big bots which are responsible for that trending shit.
This only hampers those innocent people and still, there's lots of profit for you guys. You teach/pass this wrong message to innocent users. And when they do the same thing, you call them abuser, remove your bot votes from their posts, even downvote them... Repeat.
Why not to be that change and at least try to spread the good message, as a witness?
Trending is the best way to get a discussion going. As a witness, I have no special power to change anything more than anyone else. I can bring it up until I am blue in the face in the back channels, but it doesn't change it.
What false message and how does it differ from the false message of all the posts that are there now, was there yesterday, the day before, and 6 months ago? New users follow, vote, and resteem on these posts on a daily basis following the false messages laid out by the established.
My bot can't trend shit, I have actively put a cap that is low enough you can't get on trending, it is the aggregate of the 50+ bots that exist and grows on a daily basis. I actively monitor and blacklist people posting shit (as long as I have something actionable like spam, plagiarism, content theft, fraud, scam).
If you yourself take it that way then there's no meaning of complaining about it, others might want that slot for the same purpose- discussion/visibility.
Again when you can't change your own mindset how could you expect the change from others? Or you just didn't read that bold sentence I put at last of my comment?-"Why not to be that change and at least try to spread the good message, "
Yes there many bots responsible for this and you can't simply deny the fact that your bots are also the part of them and hold huge contribution.
And please take my thoughts/views as professional and not personal. I commented here because you made this post not others.So I think I am right to point out about you than other here in your post.
happy that your post is trending one
I agree with this. I'd like to see some genuine professionalism. This stuff is getting old already. Embarrassing.
I just hope his next post isn't a whiny rebuttal, complete with screenshots of the conversation here where things are taken out of context. Another long list of account names might show up while he attempts to show the "good" he's doing for the community by blacklisting people. Maybe some signs of frustration and a touch of the victim card. I'm not saying he will do that, but I've seen it in the past. I'd prefer to see something good come out of this.
Have a nice day.
Generally, I try to keep myself away from these kinds of stuff/conversation because I have seen many accounts damaged although they had genuine/honest valid points unfortunately all against some big users. But sometimes it's too much, especially when I see the same users who were pretending(I feel this better suitable seeing the actions) to stop such activities and always talk/complain about the improvement of the community and such stuff.
So when I feel to involve in this type of discussion I have to be prepared for some turbulent responses and bunch of flags.
Just As I said.
I was already threatened. I'm not sure why a witness would do that on a blockchain near the top of a trending page and for all to see. It's unfortunate. Doesn't make much sense. Talking is so much easier.
Edit: I should add, later on, we both did end up talking out our problems. I have to give him credit for that.
Glad to know that, many things can be solved just having some clear conversation here, but it's sad most of them prefer the other way...
One of the people directly responsible for the trash on the front page, complains about trash by adding more trash.. That makes perfect sense :O
lol
My bot cannot trend a post, it is capped to prevent such a thing.
that's why I said "one of the people". It's not a coincidence that almost all the trending garbate posts have an upvote by buildawhale, including this one.
The majority of trending doesn't use or need @buildawhale or any bot. The ones you are referring to are the ones that break out of the system. If it is something that falls under a category I can do something about, I will prevent that from happening.
Every platform out there (Google, Bing, Facebook, Twitter, even Amazon) has a way to buy advertising to increase your visibility by being on the front page.
Everyone here has a way to collectively decide what shouldn't be there.
Ah. Okay. I read through a substantial amount of comments on this post, and while I instantly understood that this was meant to be a jab at trending, I'm still trying to comprehend what you were trying to accomplish with it.
I imagine that you probably got enough shit for it that you won't do something similar again, but just in case you weren't absolutely sure this was a terrible idea, I wanted to bring that point home.
Admittedly I might be a little irritated with your assumption that an early start on the platform means that we had an easier time making money. When steem was worth, oh I don't know, fifteen cents? And none of us could be sure it would ever be worth something substantial, but we kept going anyway? I'll tell you one thing that has changed since then-- there were no upvote bots. There was no vote buying period.
I also agree.
I even wonder how many new users are there?
And then I'm not referring to the number of subscribers, but the number of newbies that are active after 1 month?
Hey thank for the comment, as a new user I was a little confused about the used #trending, as a photo fan I really like the picture.
This post was actually more useful than I thought, It helped to reveal the people who care and have the right mindset like @transisto and @sjennon :)