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OK, so if an abuser is legitimately downvoted, does a free upvote help them in some way? Currently, abusers can use a regular upvote to counter downvotes on their posts. How would a free upvote help them? (Remember they can't use both types of upvotes on a post.) Thinking about it a bit, I guess I can see how it could help abusers to harvest more rewards. If they make their own post (let's say it's plagiarized post), they can upvote other posts for curation rewards AND counteract any downvotes on their plagiarized post using the free upvote. So if anyone upvotes their plagiarized post (e.g. they didn't know it was plagiarized), it could be free money for them if they can use the free upvote to counteract any downvotes received for plagiarism. So I guess I can see how it could help them.
| author | borislavzlatanov |
|---|---|
| permlink | re-vikisecrets-qxmt40 |
| category | pob |
| json_metadata | {"tags":["pob"],"app":"peakd/2021.07.5"} |
| created | 2021-08-10 16:14:24 |
| last_update | 2021-08-10 16:14:24 |
| depth | 4 |
| children | 1 |
| last_payout | 2021-08-17 16:14:24 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.295 HBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.295 HBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| promoted | 0.000 HBD |
| body_length | 798 |
| author_reputation | 23,537,778,362,414 |
| root_title | "Proof of Brain Theory & Further Optimization" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 HBD |
| percent_hbd | 10,000 |
| post_id | 105,443,361 |
| net_rshares | 808,283,884,921 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vikisecrets | 0 | 153,624,039,433 | 10% | ||
| theycallmedan | 0 | 654,659,845,488 | 1% |
That is a good attack vector, but the extent is pretty low. First off, you can't upvote for more than the upvote is worth nor more than your HP. So, this would take a scammer posting others' content, getting high rewards, + being/having access to a large stake. Most scammers don't keep HP powered up, they steal it right away, so their free upvote would be worthless. In the rare scenario where you had a large stakeholder posting other content, they would quickly be found out, curators would stop voting them, and the downvotes would mount up as word got around. We had a similar scenario. Actually, that's what I love about Hive. It seems like we have seen it all; even the most unlikely of events take place.
| author | theycallmedan |
|---|---|
| permlink | qxnq0e |
| category | pob |
| json_metadata | {"app":"hiveblog/0.1"} |
| created | 2021-08-11 04:05:03 |
| last_update | 2021-08-11 04:05:03 |
| depth | 5 |
| children | 0 |
| last_payout | 2021-08-18 04:05:03 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.059 HBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.058 HBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| promoted | 0.000 HBD |
| body_length | 715 |
| author_reputation | 1,254,058,380,138,691 |
| root_title | "Proof of Brain Theory & Further Optimization" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 HBD |
| percent_hbd | 0 |
| post_id | 105,453,781 |
| net_rshares | 162,111,298,981 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vikisecrets | 0 | 162,111,298,981 | 10% |
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