So you cant thank your most loyal supporters with anything but words? How is this any different from companies sending gifts or a regular customer getting a discount at a store? That also equates to money. Is the issue that the reward isn't fixed or is it because the reward is cash?
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SO to paraphrase If people are allowed to post things i don't like, the whole system will collapse. Maybe the system where people can post what they want without your particular sensibilities as a filter is the system more likely to endure.
If this was a NC post, just offering money for votes, then i would see your concern. That's spam.
Nowhere in this post does it say that new followers or voters will not be included in the competition for the rewards.
I did not consider the ability to back vote on old content. In that case I think that this type of promotion should be allowed as long as it is restricted to your followers at the time of posting
Agreed. If the post was edited to say something like that, I would remove my flag and bring it to the attention of the other flagger to see if they concur.
This issue is that if we allow people to reward each other for voting for them then steemit will no longer be a blogging platform. It will become spammed with posts asking for votes or promising rewards for posts and people will quickly get bored and the whole thing will collapse.
What is more important to you?
I understand your point but there needs to be middle ground. I agree that you should not be able to buy votes, but vote count is the only stat that we have to measure follower participation. You should be able to reward your best followers to thank them. As stated earlier if you are not already in his top 10 or so voters this reward will be impossible to recieve hence he's not buying new votes, hes thanking his regulars for thier continued support. The area is a little grey on these topics but they do need to be cleared.