While we have a lot of intelligent, smart, and hard-working people on this community, there are some who negate the entire concept on which the community is formed - Proof of Brain.
We all are aware of the engagement program that was run by @amrpob.008. It was a fantastic program that rewarded those who engage more on the platform. Obviously, it was an automated program that upvoted those who posted more comments. But recently, it was shut down and here is the reason that came forward.
some people are gaming the system and earning POB solely for selling it and making money. I myself went through some user comments on which my alt accounts had voted on and found that to be true which was very very disappointing.""
Those who were actually involved in this malpractice shut down their accounts and stopped engaging and comfortably moved out. But those who were diligently doing it, with a lot of focus and effort are the ones who became the worst sufferers.
When I say No Brainers, I mean:
- People involved in plagiarism - We all know how badly it is criticized not only here but everywhere now. There has to be ownership, innovation, and personalization in your content. And if you can't do that, this might not be the right place for you to form an income stream for yourself.
- People who post bad quality content - You can't expect upvotes on a poor quality post, why blame the whales for not upvoting.
- People who curate blindly - We have to understand that curation is a responsibility, not a random task that we have to do to make more POB.
- People who earn to sell - While I do understand some people have personal reasons to sell off their earnings, even I do. But there has to be some contribution towards the community that is offering you so much, stake some at least.
With all that I said above, accept it or not, there will always be people who will take the community down with such mal practices. We need to identify those and make them understand how it is affecting negatively not only the community but them as well, maybe that will make a difference.