Retention obtained via bribes being handed out through some ponzi share mechanic is precisely what's harming our platform. We don't need more people milking the system, we need the rewards flowing honestly from stakeholders to great content creators without this decision being affected by kickbacks and other transactions.

This is costly to our system and undermines purely honest curation endeavors. Our system can't sustain itself if people are making their voting decisions for reasons such as an obligation to vote on certain content based on shares which is just an elaborate vote buying scheme.

Things are different in NewSteem. Activities that serve to potentially undermine organic voting will undergo considerably scrutiny and resistance over time.