Starting 26-JUL-2016, you might see a little less frequency in posts from individual users posting by throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. Why? Because the reward structure is going to be adjusted so that such behavior reduces payouts.
The release description on GitHub reads:
Each root level comment has a reward weight which impacts the end payout of the post. We are targeting 4 posts in 24 hours. Your first 4 posts in 24 hours will not be penalized. After that, they weight is decreased from 100% based on your average posting frequency. Having a frequency just barely higher than 1 every 6 hours will have very little impact, while spamming will be penalized heavily. This change is aimed to increase the quality of content at the cost of quantity.
Essentially the rewards will be adjusted based on post frequency, with a payout curve that resembles the following:
This will allow a user to burst a few posts without penalty, but then as posts continue to be excessive, the rewards will be decreased.
What do you think?
How do you think this will impact the community? Is this a positive or negative change?
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https://steemit.com/steem/@lurker1/steem-hard-fork-coming-july-26-to-tackle-bot-comment-spam
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