Yes upvotes are not what we want to be valuable here! if we do that we will nd up like reddit or youtube where vote and view bots have alot of influence and you can BUY upvotes!
https://entresabanasyalmohadas.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/promgram.gif

Reddit could have become a steemit like system or evolved into one if they would have made karma transferable! And then reddit notes would have made karma a crypto curency ina way....
Now here on steemit, you have to PURCHASE steempower so u cant just creeate vote bots!

I see your comment here is to exlain how Direct Number of Votes is a BAD idea to base the rewards on!

Number of Votes should NEVER mean ANYTHINg because evenif we could prove that one human is one vote, we would have voting blocks and political parties promoting evil people !

 what about a self conscious AI do they get a vote? why not? Today on steemit if a bot has money it gets influence!

I am now off topic but rememeber 10 in the Animatrix?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTLMjHrb_w4
WOAH youtube just ffucking changed thei whole inteerface!

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmc9766idaaZA5K3RZCqMGS4SQ8yJ1gG6Jxr7xsbEVjzUa/image.png)

And so we shoul worry about votiing bots becoming self aware instead of other humans hahaha

MONEY is the way you ENSURE that people cant just vote bot! because WHO is gonna spend their money on a vote bot just for votees when u can leeave it in your own steemit account and upvote ur posts this way anyway 

i think we should get interest in these topics by bringing up AI and the Animatrix ideas of robts creating their own cities and dominating financial markets hahaha

http://i.imgur.com/nwKEp7k.gif

SP is valuable because you have the power to curate content and earn monetary rewards in the process.

It's not a terrible idea, it's a good idea until there's a hard fork that addresses the self-voting issue (by increasing the incentive to curate others).

Good point