Could the spamming of Up votes be diluting the value of content creators on Steemit?
From my understanding of Steemit "Power"; the more you vote, the less each individual vote is worth. So what is the apparent incentive of individuals to vote for numerous posts in the face of diminished returns?
Would the introduction of a time limit interval between allowed up vote actions; act as a fix to the apparent up vote spamming issue? If an individual was limited in the number of times that they can vote, would this not make each up vote more valuable and informative to the social network.
Introducing a time limit wouldn't work. Many users only visit SteemIt once a day. Maybe they'll have a look around for something they like (or for something which will earn them money - I add this for those cynics amongst us :o) ) and upvote it. They are not going to wait at the computer so that the can vote again.
Again, if someone is limited to the number of votes, how are they to choose which posts to upvote and which not?
I see nothing wrong in vote spamming. If a post is good it will gain even more votes than the spammers give and the post value will also be an indication. In fact, for newcomers such as me it's quite nice to see that my posts get 42 votes, even if it doesn't get many views.
Thank you for your very well thought out reply. It seems as though one must weigh the advantages and disadvantages to everything.