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I very love the work you doing with the bots.

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You sir, got my vote. I love the work you doing with the bots.

Hey man, may I translate your articles to Hebrew (for my community)?
Of course with a credit to you @yabapmatt

You have really put alot into this platform and i strongly believe in you willingness and ability to do more.
Thanks for the investors and i also that the more people understand how steemit works the better the platform and also easier for you.@yabapmatt

Yes, we need more communication about how the site works.  I've enjoyed messing with steem bot tracker.  Peace & Ty

Thanks for that info. Are there guidelines about how to become a witness? 

I don’t quite get how that is done.

Hey @yabapmatt, you wrote 

*“That being said, I do know there are still many things I have left to learn and I literally keep a list of things that I don’t know or don’t understand about Steem and go through it periodically and spend the time to learn them.”*

I’m curious to know, do you mind sharing some of the things on your list? 

And from a witness’ perspective, what would be some of the most critical things you think all — new and old — users should know?

Gday Steemians.
I have never been more in love with a community and a future as i am with Steem.
I will be shouting its virtues in a few posts designed to share my journey into crypto and get my friends involved.
Its only been one week in Steem and i am so excited for 2018

I think in the end my idea of what the witnesses' main role boils down to one thing:

* The stability of STEEM itself.

There's a bit of jockeying for popularity which thankfully isn't actually a big impact because after all, the witness results are going to be impacted by those with the most stake, not who is the most popular. That's actually a good thing in my mind. Not enough people are educated enough about how the system works and those that have invested so much better damn well have done their homework.

Of the list you have, 1 is absolutely the most important.

Anyone can make blocks. But witnesses set monetary policy, and they better know about the debt ratio and how SBD printing works and all that jazz.
Make blocks. Set monetary policy.

The others are kind of blurry. Is that actually the job of the witness? Or is that the job of the stakeholders to control that with their voting behavior and actions? 

I think of witnesses as the economic advisory body, which should be voted on the basis of their knowledge of the system and the steem ecosystem.

The others are great but I wouldn't say it's a requirement for a witness. Driving value is on the rest of us.

That said, #2 and #5 are also very important for the stability of STEEM and would be what I think the witnesses should prioritize after #1. 

Us non witnesses could probably handle the rest. (But I won't object to witnesses picking up some of that also).

My two cents.

Do you think that there will be a time when steemit(dtube) will pay to video creator according to video views by anyone instead of steemit users' upvotes? What do you say?

>Preventing / curbing abuse, destructive behavior, and scams;

Thing is, i have the impression even that word: "Abuse" is not defined exactly the same way by all witnesses (Let alone regular users).

It would be AWESOME if witnesses create some sort of document where they stablish some minimum concensus about what, exactly, is consider abuse and other important topics. It wold be really helpful for the rest of users.

I am new and don't understand what a witness is at all, can someone help me?

That's good to know about this thing had no idea about that will try
 by the way i will always support you.

Hi @yabapmatt, thank you a million times for your work on Steem Bot Tracker!

I just wanted to let you know that, for at least a couple of hours now, a number of important bots such as @postpromoter, @sneaky-ninja and @jerrybanfield are not shown on SBT. I don't know if this is a bug or there is an other reason for their disappearance.

Cheers!

its amazing post and good information.

#### Is this the secret to better earnings on Steemit? 

#### I struggle to get $1 per post and I'm really trying. I was hoping I could supplement my disability with Steemit so I hope I can earn even half as much as others do on here so I can pay my bills.

One thing I would like to see from witnesses is some kind of star rating / best practice / mark of approval for the safety of alternative platforms and applications. I did read one post last year that suggested the process used to access one platform sent the keys to a server, and that this was both unnecessary and a risk *(if not necessarily malicious).*

I know that there is steemconnect, which a lot of the platforms use, but this does not always seem to be the case. 

This concept falls into the general category of "doing the technical checks to protect non technical users" and, whilst this isn't the witnesses job in itself, it requires (a) trustworthiness and (b) strong technical skills. These are basically the two main characteristics that I look for in a witness (along with your no. 4 - Providing tools and services that improve the platform).

Potentially the concept could be expanded to outside exchanges and other crypto related affairs, but the main concern is keeping our own house in order. One of the worst possible outcomes for any blockchain is some kind of hack or scam or weakness that results in significant financial loss.

I'd love to spend more time doing #3. There are a lot of users that show up and are clueless about how STEEM/SBD/steemit.com works. Especially since FB & Twitter are the norm for SM. Not to mention the language barriers for some. 

Part of #5 is identifying they type of abuser. Are they human? Or a bot? If human, are they: lazy, making noob mistakes, or are they posting abuse with intent?

If they are lazy or need help then I really wish I had the time to help them. One of the many things I need to find time to do is put together a list of communities here with Discord channels that I can point them to. Especially the non-English speakers. 

Or find someone who as done it all ready. My curation is almost nil at this point.

You got a 27.25% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @yabapmatt! Want to promote your posts too? Check out the [Steem Bot Tracker website](https://steembottracker.com) for more info. If you would like to support development of @postpromoter and the bot tracker please [vote for @yabapmatt for witness!](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=yabapmatt&approve=1)

Some bots that are classified as they automatically refund invalid bids, actually they don't refund. Some don't even upvote. Some are fraud. Maybe you should remove them from the list. Plus add minnowbooster, randowhale and smartmarktet in calculator.  @yabapmatt

Vote for witness done!

wonderful post..thanks for sharing following
up voted

That sums it up very well and you do a great job so far!

Thanks for @yabapmatt

'Contribution content'. I like that. Apart from the value to the readers, how are you contributing towards growing steemit?