What if people start selling their votes?!

in #steemit • 10 years ago (edited)

As always, hello to all steemians. I apologize for not beeing word-perfect in English. I am from germany and always trying to improve my english :)


A few moments ago a dolphin gave me an up vote for this post. 


Suddenly i thought "what if people would give this guy money for up votes"?


And to be honest, i have no idea. Would it drive the Steem price down to the bottom because people would just buy votes and sell their Steem/SBD? Are there any restrictions which would prevent this? Please tell me, i think thats a serious issue.


@steemit, @steem, @dan, @dantheman

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     10 years ago 

    If your steem name gets associated with voteselling, a whale bot will come and downvote everywhere you vote, to minimize your impact and no longer make it profitable.

    Selling votes will not be that big of a problem in the long run. (...and you'd have to be a complete idiot thinking you can make more money selling votes, than you could other ways).

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     10 years ago (edited)

    a few moments ago i thought the same, the community showed already how good it self regulates the posts. For example the case with the fake heorin addicted woman.
    Thank you! :)

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       10 years ago 

      I posted asking if anyone was selling votes on bitcointalk just to see the response unbelievably i had no replies so i think at the minute no-one is selling votes which is good news !

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       10 years ago 

      Guys, does nobody have an answer?!

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       10 years ago 

      If both parties know how steemit algorithms work then there is no real point in offering money for a vote.

      1. Voting ( curating ) will earn money for Voter as subjective contribution to the system.
      2. So the question is what the monetary value is, and why the voter decide to sell it outside the platform.
      3. Larger the SP more weight the voting carries and these users have better knowledge of how the voting works , unless you pay above the odds they won't sell their votes.
      4. Some users without knowledge could sell their votes for a short time before they figure this out , but that makes no difference due to lack of SP in those accounts.
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       10 years ago 

      I know when in steemit will exists personal messages, the idea of selling their votes will be true

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       10 years ago 

      It will be like a marker.

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       10 years ago 

      Sorry to say that, but nothing can prevent it.

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       10 years ago (edited)

      are you sure? :/ dont you view that as an issue that could bring steemit to fall?

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         10 years ago 

        It is an interesting idea and I'm still experimenting with upvotes and how it affects me when I upvote stuff I like. I'm sharing the love hard out there but i don't have that much power right now. It is so tough to gain the attention of dolphins and whales but you know what..... We are so lucky to be on Steemit. I just made a post talking about the reasons we are so lucky! It is a must read. https://steemit.com/steem/@brianphobos/why-steemit-users-are-so-lucky-right-now-3-main-reasons

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           10 years ago 

          I think it's true

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             10 years ago 

            It's all about money.

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