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Two days ago, Utopian [announced](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@utopian-io/utopian-anti-abuse-let-s-spread-knowledge-awareness-and-participation) that they are starting a new anti-abuse initiative, designed to incentivize the fight against spam on the Steem blockchain.  The new anti-abuse category on [utopian.io](https://join.utopian.io/guidelines/) will allow spam-fighters to get rewards for their contributions in the fight against abuse and spam. 

Utopian-io has added members of both SteemflagRewards and SteemCleaners to their team. They will be managing and moderating the new anti-abuse category. They will actively review submissions and have also contributed to the development of the category guidelines. 

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<h3>1 Month Trial</h3>
<p>This initiative will be trailed for one month and the results will be evaluated afterwards by the Utopian-io team. During this trial period, they will be working with 'whitelisted members' only, after the trial is over they might create a procedure to enter that whitelist.</p>

I'm not completely sure if it's at all possible to get on the whitelist before the trial period ends. I would assume they currently already have enough people to work with for this bèta test. 

<h3>Wide Range of Possible Contributions</h3>
<p>Looking at what kind of submissions are accepted in the category, it's clear to me that Utopian-io has opted to support a very diverse subset of abuse-related contributions.</p>

There are a number of topics that are accepted as submissions in this new category. Below are some examples. 

* Ideas to fight abuse 
* Detailed and insightful analysis regarding spam and abuse
* Abuse fighting tools
* Abuse related project promotion (focus on personal experience and new features, no general promotion posts)
* Introduction of your own anti-abuse projects

Do note that Utopian-io has strict guidelines regarding quality. Do not submit any work without having read [the guidelines](https://join.utopian.io/guidelines/) thoroughly! 

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<h3>My Opinion</h3>
<p>I personally think that it's about time that Utopian-io got involved with the spam issues on Steem. Not that Steemcleaners and Steemflagrewards weren't doing a good job, but they were in over their heads. They simply didn't have the manpower to clean everything, not their fault.</p>

Now that we have a proper structure and incentive for fighting abuse, I'm absolutely sure that we can finally make a dent into these spammers bottom line. I know that this is still just a trial, but I would absolutely beg the current whitelisted members to start actively contributing to the anti-abuse category. 

This is too important to fail and it's currently our best bet to finally get abusive behavior down! 

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