I think there is an error in this
But before I hit submit, I checked a few things - specifically, the rules for booming support:
2 upvotes per user per week
Use of #steemexclusive
Cannot have been upvoted by steemcurator01 or 02
3-4 upvotes to community accounts per week
No bid-bots.
It turns out that what I considered to be abuse, was allowable within the rules of booming.
I have always read these rules from @steemitblog
https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/booming-support-for-communities-december
If it were as you say, no one would power up and everyone would only seek Booming's votes.
Posing this suggests that everything bad that has been done to the ecosystem is right. So, if I am wrong with this comment, then I will be more than surprised.
I think it should be a rule that communities make a daily and detailed report of healing with Booming mandatory. And at the end of the week, a complete report with the total count of the week, taken from the daily information. Including of course all the details of curator ship. If you think it's a lot of work, I think this might be a solution to this disastrous situation on the platform.
The rules I've shared are those which are specified in the spreadsheet that community leaders submit...
Source
I was convinced that club5050 was a requirement but as I've just replied to sc01, I don't think it would change much.
What's interesting with the "powering down" element is that the users I highlight here aren't powering down - because they've never powered up! A nice loop hole that they can take advantage of.
I think that this is a good suggestion. Looking at the communities which I know do this already, there appears to be a fairer distribution of votes - with the community accounts and admins nominated far less frequently.
The community leaders already have to complete a spreadsheet in order to submit their booming nominations so a post could be created at the same time and shared with the community.)