You're suggesting that we should return curation rewards we earn to the authors?
This already happening indirectly. Each unit is backed by 2 SP in upvote value, but takes only 1 STEEM to enroll 2 units... Where do you think the extra ROI comes from?
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Yes but without regard to how much curation that authors posts are going to SBI.
You can have a spammer making $0.02 STU with SBI getting maybe $0.001 optimistically vs a high producing author bringing much more to SBI (ideally via organic means).
One author is adding more back to SBI by means of the curation earned via there post so I am merely suggesting incentivizing that by factoring that in proportionally to the votes.
You do make some good points. We believe that this is something market forces will address, and prefer not to further complicate our algorithms in this way. They're already complicated enough that most members don't fully understand how everything works.
Anybody with the skills can do basic blockchain analysis to identify who brings the most curation reward into SBI and front-run our votes on the top accounts that they perceive as creating quality content. We know some members are already doing this to some extent, so accounts returning high curation are already earning more rewards, they just don't come directly from us.
Challenge accepted. Lol
I need to dig up your Google Sheets link again and see what I can cook up when I have time.
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I heard Google sheet link?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRhhnY8couo1lPKsOBLvwS1hfvVAlB6SrhAHWiM3qXOVep_AUenh97SyPAsMCBWH26HgCOrclNl31BZ/pubhtml
Now we're cooking with 🔥! Thanks, @takowi!
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You could also parse the blockchain to compare our actual upvotes with the curation we receive from each post.
Not quite.
I'm saying you enact something similar as you do for author rewards whereby authors can increase there share by organically increasing the SBI curation rewards.
The curation rewards goes back to the bot either way but you are dynamically adjusting the extra votes (resulting from SP earned via curation) in proportion to the curation rewards you receive from the author thereby providing incentive for the author to earn more.
Now, factoring it towards organic earning would require some degree of sophistication.
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So you mean that the curation reward sbi gets should be implemented to some degree as a kind of upvote for sbi to enhance the balance of the post creator? That would benefit users with a lot of followers and users who are using smartsteem/minnowbooster because these votes aren't easily identified as vote bots. And it would be a disadvantage for new users.
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We could try and filter out paid votes. I thought most of them happen near the time the @smartmarket vote hits but it could be staggered for whatever reason.
We can create a front-running bot that would DQ any user with recent @smartmarket or MB transaction which could help. Believe you me, I try not to support bid bots and, by extension, that means a support less content with paid votes. We gotta get smarter if we really want change. I don't believe it's a pipe dream but achieving it requires proof-of-brain advocates to stand together. (Plug for @edicted's POB DAO)
I think we should all want them to get off their butts and curate as Steem was intended but they won't as long as generally their ROI is better than that a participating member of the network as the effort required is minimal.
Every bid sent to the bots is counter to that objective and the bot owners know this but it's too convenient for them to hold on to their goose laying golden eggs. I'm glad SBI rewards activity.
Not sure about the lot of followers thing but I know some users have established considerable following using the visibility the vote sellers provide them which is a bummer for those grinding hard to establish a following by social interaction and community building. The latter group is way more valuable to Steem.
Personally, I am pleased with quality over quantity of followers. I don't think volume of followers necessarily gives the user an advantage but the real connections. Sure many large accounts have amassed puppet followers because they can with claimed accounts. It's smoke and mirrors, my friend.
We were all once new here and I reckon it is more difficult than when I started back in the end of 2016 (mostly inactive at that time observing). Maybe, we should work in more initiatives to empower new users and scouting for fresh talent. We know our blockchain needs it.
Thanks for the comment. You got my mental hamster wheel turnin'.