If you do not agree with the vote of your politician been bought by the biggest bidder, Why would the buying of votes be acceptable here?
The use of bots reduces the rewards. How many of these bots are created by the same person? The platform is doomed to failure as the use of buying votes is increasing at a phenomenal pace.
When you take to account what is paid for the vote and what the reward gained from the vote. the person who wins is the bot creator. The FAQ listed in the platform states under the plagiarism and abuse section that the selling of votes is abuse. Unless there is some form of monitorization of the platform, other then self-monitoring abuse will occur. This same issue of value has been ongoing since I began on the platform.
While I agree with you about users like Haejin, I believe he could do the same thing with half the post by doubling up on each post the currencies he talks of. there is always a but! why should Haejin reduce his own income? The abuse which goes on is permitted by those who have the power to change things. It is not new, and if those who have the power to alter the platform has not seen it by now. They have very little interest in changing these things.
How many Blogs of valuable content can one person produce in a 24 hour period? Should a limitation on Blogs be put in place, on a sliding scale of each consecutive vote? 100% for the first, 75% for the second, 60% the 3rd, 50% the 4th 40% the 5th. A system like this would promote the production of valuable content and reduce the amount of spam produced.
With the removal of vote bots and a change in blog rewards would both increase the quality of blogs and increase the rewards for newcomers to Steemit and encourage people to try and put an effort into the platform and have the platfom progress and succeed,
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You make a few very good point against the buying of votes. If we did not have self votes enabled, or the ability to make multiple accounts, I’d say there do be no need for further regulation, but since gaming the system is so easy and the wealth is not well distributed, I think that kind of system would help. I don’t agree with Haejins activity on the platform, but the same people demonizing him the most violently have enabled him through their own abuse of power, even if it is sometimes done with good intentions.
I’m not sure if removing bots would be possible without the company exerting a huge amount of control over the ecosystem, which I’m not sure I want. You are right though, the answer doesn’t lie in targeting individuals, it lies in a change in the culture and algorithms and a fairer distribution of wealth. But first these people need to see that there’s is a problem with the distribution.