With the introduction of @randowhale. Now we are seeing some similar projects such as @booster and @whaleshares where you can pay for a vote on posts. I am not saying I am against these projects because they are clever ideas to generate profit but I do have concerns.

We dealt with a similar concept in the early days of Steemit with @steemsports. It was considered vote buying and the community rejected this project where @steemsports branched to their own frontend but is also back around Steemit.

What will this do for content creation?

We create content for our blog posts and if other's like the content, it's rewarded with votes. From my understanding, the better and original your content is, the more likely you're rewarded on a post.

With the creation of these vote buying projects, does this cause content creators to really focus on creating original good content or does it create the mentality to post whatever they can and just buy upvotes? This is exactly what I am seeing happening and makes me confused a bit on the direction this platform is heading. These posts can be downvoted and earn less rewards but what if an individual pays @randowhale, @booster, @whaleshares, and so on?

The platform is growing and I wonder further down in the future, will it require to buy votes entirely? Perhaps this is something inevitable to happen.

Is this even a problem?

Some would acknowledge that this is a problem but others wouldn't consider it a problem. Something like the way the flagging system works, there's those that think it is a problem and needs to change, and others that think it works just fine the way it is.

There is the possibility of those that paid for a vote will not get their money's worth if their post does get downvoted and rewards go back to the reward pool to be re-distributed again.

Can this be changed in a way to create a better incentive to content creators? Maybe this will evolve on it's own over time and there is nothing to be concerned about.

If this is a problem, I don't have any solution to this at this time or if there is a solution at all but in my opinion, I could see this getting out of hand and cause some issues in the future towards content creation. I am not trying to attack those that run these projects but just addressing some concerns and to get some feedback.

What are your thoughts about this?

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