RE: The Main Reason I (and my witness @l0k1 thereby) are Anti-Self-Voting
Hey, this post has definitely got me thinking.
I personally have stopped upvoting my own posts and comments, focusing only on rewarding others with my meager 10 votes per day. However, wouldn't it be better if people just decided on their own to stop upvoting for those who upvote themselves, rather than "passing a law" (code) that would make it impossible for them to vote for themselves? More like in reality, where we can all "vote with our feet/our wallets"? Of course, educating the "masses" is never easy and rarely effective, but I remember hearing a long time ago that "Virtue cannot exist in a vacuum," meaning we cannot force people to "do the right thing." Even if we succeed, the simple fact that they were forced means that they did not personally choose to do what's right and, therefore, deserve no applause for being "moral" or "ethical."
My other thought (if perhaps contradictory to the above statement) is that, if upvoting oneself is wrong, then why is it ok to buy steem to pump up one's own accounts, when that clearly has nothing to do with other users' deciding who to vote for? I have been building up my account very slowly and deliberately, taking my "profit" from those who upvote me and investing it in SP. The fact that, were I a rich man, I would be able to just buy "influence" somehow seems more egregious than simply upvoting oneself.
Just some thoughts.
I am starting to lean towards a more amoral presentation of the idea. However, I think universal moral principles still have their uses. I live by them, for one.
If it was harder to self vote, less people would do it. Can you offer an argument that contradicts this?
Not at all. But what about my points concerning buying steem and "Virtue cannot exist in a vacuum"?
Virtue depends on axiomatic truth. The two can't be separated.
No, it is my own argument, that raising the difficulty eliminates at least 70-80%, because you have to compound that witht the high proportion of narcissistic personality disorder and average intelligence.
Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous. The I is the most important factor.
Unlike politicians and their dumb 'laws', the rules of the blockchain are immutable. This is what makes the technology so brilliant.
People can still, under such a regime, own two accounts, and apply each accounts money makers to their fluid elimination tubes. if they must. No rule against it, and it can't be enforced on a blockchain anyway. But over 70% who would just 'self upvote because the other guy will' or 'cos it's there, like a big fart button'... They just won't bother.
According to the data we have so far, this wipes out pretty much 95% of the bad behaviour, in one fell swoop.
Would they 'run away because they can't cause friction to their pleasure organs? Who cares? Who wants this kind of people around anyway?
Humans specifically developed stiff backs that don't permit oral cleaning of the lower parts. For a reason. Otherwise, why would we talk to each other anymore?
:D Good points, elf!