Quote from: OneDayCreativeTrips on December 10, 2016, 12:39:18 AM

Quote from: TanteStefana2 on December 09, 2016, 01:49:55 AM

Wait a second. Why are you assuming this will be trolling? The idea behind this campaign is to get the word out, not attack others. Nowhere does it say to attack others, and certainly we can watch out for such actions and immediately denounce them.

OK Tante. The reason why I am assuming this will be trolling is an appreciation of reality.

Of course, one can assume a Panglossian view of human nature, but I don't.

What this proposal codifies is a spam campaign. To clarify, it sets up a financial incentive to post opinions to social media supporting Dash.

Because I suspect that Monero has operated such a financially backed campaign covertly, whenever I see a post mentioning Monero, I am immediately suspicious of it as being by some paid troll, and not by a sincere individual. This causes me to discount the opinions expressed, at least in part, as being by "shills".

It is not important whether these posts are "attacks" or not. What is important is sincerity, and motivation. If the motivation is to earn money, then then the opinion expressed is immediately compromised.

To take it a little further, suppose your "denunciations" were also to be financially rewarded, and people were aware of this. How much weight do you think they would have?

The point I am making is essentially about corruption. To propose a system whereby people are financially rewarded for making posts for financial gain, which may or may not reflect their true beliefs, is to propose a system which encourages corruption.

On a more pragmatic level, imagine that in future I see a post supporting Dash. Since the Dash Swarm is in operation, I now do not know whether the poster is making a sincere argument, or whether they are merely trying to make their quota of comments. And what is even worse, suppose someone replies to this comment by suggesting that pro-Dash commenters are "paid shills"and gives a link to this Swarm program. It would give me a somewhat sick feeling, you understand? I would not even feel comfortable in agreeing with such a post.

At least the suspected Monero "troll swarm" has had the sense to deny its existence. This one is not only evil, but naive.

What is "evil"is the intent to deceive. When you read a comment on say, Reddit, you don't naturally assume that the poster is being PAID to post. Taking advantage of that default assumption is deceptive, and when it is exposed, it casts a very bad light on the decievers. To make such a program PUBLIC is just stupid.

Do you understand now why this is a counter-productive strategy?

Well, there is no doubt that this campaign is for Dash to get loud and be heard. In some ways that's a little crass, like Doctors and lawyers advertising. But I think most Dash community members want to represent Dash well, and will not be talking about other coins, but rather talk about Dash, what's going on, where we're headed, etc... And the good thing is, it's all out in the open. The tips are swinging left and right on the Dash Nation Slack, it's fun!

So ultimately, we have to see if people act up (I doubt they'd get tips if they did) and see if this works out. I don't think it'll go in the direction you fear, though I can of course be wrong and will accept the "I told you so's"

Anyway, I'm just glad we have such an enthusiastic bunch of do'ers here, willing to try all kinds of things to get the word out