Short vs long term profit dilemma
We are all in the same boat here. Yes, even you too, I know some of you think you're smarter. Know what? Steempower cannot be withdrawn immediately and the big brother is watching.
If you ask me, steempool misuse is like self-sabotage, or even like some kind of selfharm. I bet most bullies know very well what they are doing and still, keep doing it.
Why?
Probably they simply think they might get away with it under the radar. Maybe they trust the system can hold on.
LOL every single comment, post and transaction are tracked forever in the blockchain...
Deal with it
When you misuse (even if it is not prohibited) the reward pool you are basically stealing value from genuine posted content.
Please let's remember just because something is not illegal yet (steem is young!) does not mean its OK (applies the other way around too pretty nicely).
Find your own reason to stop
Sociopaths , parasites and plain dumb people are a part of society whether we like or not. So instead teaching morals lets get straight to the point and explain in their own language the why fishy behaviour is not worth it:
- Reputation in Steemit community is too valuable: you don't want to mess around with it
- More and more users are making money out of disclosing reward misuse (whether its auto-vote, collusion etc)
- You want to protect your own SteemPower. The more people misusing the system, the higher the risk Steem as a currency is going down. Investors eyes are currently on Steem as a not fully consolidated crypto (lets take care of it!!)
- Last but not least, for God's sake Protect your own interests! By pro-actively being a good example and disclosing misuses you are actually profiting long-term!
