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RE: Proposal for a search system for tracking the flow of money out of steem via other cryptocurrencies to stop sock puppets funneling out money from self voting and circle jerks
Forget sock-puppets and vote-trading (at least for now), that'll be very tough to stop.
Check out this garbage (apologies for the seeming self-promotion, feel free not to vote, but this issue is directly relevant and perhaps more serious than your original post):
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Doubly self promoting, indeed. but I am going to read it regardless, because as an aspiring pillar of the community, I have to give due regard to well thought out responses to my proposals.
The term 'reward pool rape' is a bit inflammatory, but in principle this is exactly what I am campaigning to end, which is why I think beyond just a blockchain level ban on self voting.
For the record, that's one of the tags the community attached (rewardpoolrape) to this issue. I don't think it would have been my first choice. Actually, "abuse" was the first tag that came to mind, but it didn't seem to be used for this issue. I attached the tags I thought would get the most traction.
I tried to use the tone that seems to be resonating with the audience based on posts from witnesses like this:
https://steemit.com/circlejerk/@aggroed/autovorotic-asphyxiation-the-mega-circle-jerk-is-choking-out-itself-through-the-rewards-pool
Catering to your audience and such.
Indeed, and I even have very nearly used even more vicious adjectives like not just rape, but pedophilia, in on comment I made somewhere along the way, and licking balls and then eating...
I think it is not helpful to emphasize this way of condemning these things, but the point sticks, nevertheless, and conveys the sense of injustice that is going on. Thus I try to keep it clean, as much as I can.
I voted for @aggroed's witness after reading that post, as I basically agree with his analogy, 100%, and seeing it mentioned again, I realised I didn't also follow him :) Thanks.
One needs to know who one's allies are if one is to prevail, even if the Good is on your side.
You might want to check in on his newer post on the topic of flagging plagiarists where he seems to be taking a more diplomatic stance.
Self-voting doesn't really bother me, unless it's garbage/spam comments. But having the few spots on trending occupied for 24 hours by junk-mail will make anyone who opens this place and clicks trending think this is exactly the ponzi scheme they all (illogically) think it is at first.
I also think that #project-smackdown also demonstrates another use case for flags, in a more subtle, but emotionally potent pushback against complacence and decadence.
I am going to check this newer post out to see what you are talking about.
https://steemit.com/ethics/@aggroed/steemit-ethics-unintended-consequences-and-efforts-towards-deescalation