Payment

Provide the transaction ID and image of the application fee (Test: 40 SBD, Mid: 65 SBD, Top: 100 SBD) to have your application reviewed.

https://steemd.com/tx/dbb7171e246ee2ca073299a400e9d8c19b492152

The above was delayed due to blockchain and related issues.

Project Information

Please limit your responses in this section to 140 characters.

Company name: Spaminator
Place of Incorporation: N/A, Decentralized
Token name (if applicable): N/A
Token Type (ERC20, Steem-Engine, SMT etc.): N/A
Project Type (for profit business, flagging project, community, others please specify): Flagging Project

Existing Delegation Received

When did you get the delegation?

1 June 2018

Under what terms did you receive the delegation?

To only use for downvoting in order to counter persistent reward pool drain.

What was the intended purpose for the delegation?

To allow sufficient Steem Power for a large-scale anti-abuse effort.

How have you applied your delegation for that purpose?

The delegation was granted by Ned Scott on behalf of Steemit, Inc.

How long are you requesting the continuation with the delegation?

2 years

On @spaminator-warn (50k) and @spaminator-clear (remainder) accounts. We are not requesting a pure renewal of delegation for the @spaminator account but a move.

The purpose of the change is to optimise the naming convention and make it clearer for users.

Market

Please limit responses to 300 characters.
What problem is the product/project solving?

Spaminator aims to deter large-scale reward and account exploitation attempts by systemically removing rewards from comments and posts. It focuses on the act of farming or spam for the detrimental purposes of extraction and differentiates between that and service bots or interactions with a meaning. It's scope is fluid and gets revisited on a semi-annual basis, keeping it relevant to currently-applicable scenarios.

Core Team Details

Please limit responses to 500 characters for each team member.

Write short summaries about each core team member including their achievements to show they have a strong track record. Add links to their LinkedIn profiles to this section.

@Guiltyparties is a former developer and decentralized venture leader who took over the @Spaminator project from @Patrice who is currently away due to personal circumstances. He joined the Steemcleaners team after personal initiatives to combat fraud while educating users. He has over 20 years experience in organisation and leadership, which he uses to liaise between the Steemcleaners family of projects and the Steem ecosystem.

He is also a witness, managing developer of the BROSGN family of gaming sites, interim board member of the Steem Foundation, and founder of DLine. He is also the current operator of the Spaminator project and is fluent in Russian.

Github: https://github.com/gryter

@Patrice is the Founder of the @Spaminator project and is currently involved in an Advisory Role.

Minimum Viable Products

Please limit responses to 500 characters per product.

Provide links to your minimum viable products and describe it. If it is not available, please describe it and include how you plan to build it and when it will be built.

The backend involves a management website and API. It allows members of the Steemcleaners team to add users, activate and deactivate them, add and manage groups, and see various helpful information pulls.

The bot backend is a comprehensive Python framework using the Beem library. It runs both the warning downvote (@mack-bot) and the reward pool return funds downvote (@spaminator) accounts at once. It is designed to be modular and can incorporate any number of accounts in a diverse manner.

Business Strategy

Please limit responses in this section to 250 characters per question.

Fiat Revenue Strategy: [E.g. We plan to sell NFTs which represent in-game items for US Dollars]

This initiative is non-profit and does not generate a positive income for the purpose of returns.

Fiat Revenue Projections in $/user every month: [E.g. $10/user]

N/A

How will your business strategy increase the amount of STEEM being powered up and/or burnt?

The calculations involved in the Spaminator Framework will be adjusted to scale with and fit the Steem ecosystem. Going forward, should the project produce revenue beyond what is needed to support the cost of the infrastructure, the remainder STEEM will be burned.

What financial incentives are you willing to provide to Steemit, Inc. and/or the Steem Community in return for the delegation? i.e. What's your skin in the game? [E.g. project tokens, revenue-share, etc.] (Without a return there's not a partnership, it's simply a contribution, and one that's easily left behind. In order to encourage businesses and communities to commit to the Steem blockchain and ecosystem long term there needs to be both a contract and a mutually beneficial partnership.)

@Spaminator restores funds to the reward pool, amplifying the utility of the Steem Community. It also detects, deters and removes organized exploitation groups and covert reward drain attempts. This increases the utility, marketability, and general well-being of the Steem ecosystem, leading to cost-saving measures and residual positive side effects.

Are you or how will you become financially sustainable once the delegation is removed?

We will seek alternative delegation sources.

KPI Progress Measurement

Please limit each KPI description in this section to 100 characters.

Suggest at least 3 KPI’s per project with which to measure the progress of your project(s) in its(their) current phase. KPI’s must be measurable and objective (a percentage or numerical value), or binary (yes / no or completed / not completed).

Please note:

KPIs are to be reviewed and evaluated by the committee in the next quarter.
KPI descriptions shouldn't change without a change request form.
Targets will be adjusted every quarter in future application.
Refer to this post for sample/suggested KPIs.

KPI1 description: Maintain a steady flow of investigations of malicious accounts.
KPI1 target: Maintain the flow of 2000 interception instances per quarter.

KPI2 description: Consistently identify organized exploitation or cybercrime groups.
KPI2 target: Categorize and identify a total of 100 groups on an annual basis.

KPI3 description: Effectively discourage and reduce automated/semi-automated post and comment spam, including phishing comments. [Qualitative KPI]
KPI3 target: Observable diminishing of instances of exploitation by identified malicious actors/groups.

Token Offering (If Applicable)

If you are planning on offering a token, please fill out details below. Otherwise, if you haven’t tokenized, but still provide a service, please describe the service and the amount of that service that you’re offering to perform for Steemit and/or the Steem community in exchange for the delegation.

N/A, no Tokens are projected.

Token Details

Please limit responses to each question in this section to 10 characters.

Token Launch date: N/A
Total Token Supply at launch: N/A
Fundraising target (in order to fund expansion into the operational / project growth phase / mass market adoption): N/A
Yearly inflation: N/A
Percentage of total token supply that will be airdropped to ALL Steem stakeholders (a/k/a SP holders) in proportion to their SP: N/A
How many tokens and what percentage of your token supply will you offer Steemit Inc. / the Steem Community in exchange for the delegation? N/A
Do you plan to launch an IEO, ICO, STO or other public token offering? N/A
Do you plan to raise money from other investors? N/A
What is the vesting period for the following:
a) Team members:
b) Early / seed round investors:
c) ICO investors:
N/A
What is the % token distribution to:
a) Team:
b) Marketing:
N/A
If you haven't tokenized, but still provide a service, please describe the service and the amount of that service that you're offering to perform for Steemit and/or the Steem community in exchange for the delegation.

The amount of the service that is offered is 100%. The service is unique to the Steem blockchain and is non-transferable.

The service is as described above.

Delegation Request

Please limit responses in this section to 10 characters.

How much of a delegation are you requesting? Limit your requests to one of the three tiers: Top-Tier, Mid-Tier or Test-Tier.

Top-Tier

On @spaminator-warn (50k) and @spaminator-clear (remainder) accounts. We are not requesting a pure renewal of delegation for the @spaminator account but a move.

Specify the desired time frame for the delegation in 6 month increments: [E.g. 6 months, 1 year, etc.]

2 years

Which one of the following answers best describes how the delegation will be used to add direct value to Steem:
A. It will be used to create new accounts.
B. It will be used to give new accounts 15 SP to give them the resources needed to use Steem and purchase goods and/or services through our platform.
C. It will be used to incentivize the creation of content that promotes Steem / your project on external platforms.
D. It will be used to provide limited trial or discount services to clients to encourage them to hold Steem and delegate in the future.
E. Other: Please describe.

It will be used to ensure the continued resiliency of the Steem blockchain against spam and malicious exploitation and to return illicitly gained rewards to the communal reward pool.

Agreement

We agree that our business will continue to leverage the Steem blockchain as long as we are receiving a delegation and 1 year following the removal of the delegation. During this time we also agree to promote the Steem blockchain as a valuable technological protocol that delivers unique value. We are willing to sign a legally binding contract with Steemit, Inc. to this effect.

I formally agree and accept.

Renewal Questions: Impact to Date Since the Start of Delegations

Table 1 (Totals)

Quarter	Q2 2018	Q3 2018	Q4 2018	Q1 2019	Q2 2019	July 2019	August 2019
(1) # Users onboarded	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(2a) Users (Steem)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(2b) Users (non steem)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(3) Impressions	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(4) Value disbursed from delegation (USD)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(5) External Revenue (USD)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(6) Steem Powered Up (Project Accounts)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(7) Steem Powered Up (Clients)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(8) Steem Power Delegated (Community)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(9a) KPI 1 Maintain a steady flow of investigations of malicious accounts.	4316	30561	6204	7590	9792	962	989
(9b) KPI 2 Consistently identify organized exploitation or cybercrime groups. [Current system does not keep these metrics in a monthly format]	-	-	-	-	-	-	608 total
(9c) KPI 3 Effectively discourage and reduce automated/semi-automated post and comment spam, including phishing comments. [Qualitative KPI] [Current system does not keep these metrics in a retrievable format]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(10a) Steem burned	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
(10b) SBD burned	_	_	_	_	_	_	_

Table 2: Steem Power Delegated Per Client

This section is not applicable for this project.

Q2 2018	Q3 2018	Q4 2018	Q1 2019	Q2 2019	July 2019	August 2019
Client 1	_	_	_	_	_	_
Client 2	_	_	_	_	_	_
Client 3	_	_	_	_	_	_
Client 4	_	_	_	_	_	_
Client 5	_	_	_	_	_	_
Client 6	_	_	_	_	_	_

Questions (Where applicable, fill in tables above)

Please fill out the answers to these questions as best as you can. If it is not applicable to your project please put N/A. You will be asked to upload spreadsheet data in the Google Form, you can clone samples from here: ( Table 1 | Table 2 ).

How many new accounts have been created using your projects' account this quarter?

N/A

a) How many Steem accounts are interacting with your project (this includes guest accounts as well as Steem user accounts)

b) How many Guest (non Steem) accounts are interacting with your project

How many impressions is your project getting?

N/A

What is the total quarterly (USD) value of rewards disbursed directly tied to the delegation? (can be a negative number of your projects is a flagging project)

Due to the changing prices of STEEM and SBD, we are unable to calculate this value at this time. We will develop a system to keep such metrics going forward.

How much external revenue have you generated in USD per quarter? Do not count Steem income from curation / voting.

N/A

How much revenue have you brought to Steem as measured by total STEEM powered up through your project's Steem accounts.

N/A

How much Steem is delegated to your project to manage on behalf of your clients? (fill sum in table 1, and show break down by client on table 2)

N/A

How much Steem Power is delegated to your project from the Steem community?

59,855 SP

For the KPIs listed above, back report progress for the duration of the delegation on a quarter by quarter basis.

Please see KPI table above.

How much Steem / SBD has your project burned?

N/A

Describe what value the project continues to bring to the Steem community and why the community should continue to support your project?

@Spaminator is an objective anti-abuse project that aims to restore rewards to the communal reward pool while detecting and deterring organized exploitation attempts. Much of its work is under the surface and is not clearly visible to the average user. This is because organized exploitation attempts are usually well-hidden and masqueraded to avoid detection.

To put it into perspective, roughly 25k accounts on the @Spaminator action list are owned by a single entity who automated their actions in a very diverse and creative way to avoid detection. While some users may disagree with downvoting or the very concept of anti-abuse, everyone can agree that massive, unmanned exploitative farms are detrimental and must be eradicated from the ecosystem.

Describe your project roadmap with expected timelines and milestones.

We are looking at developing a way for community members to positively engage with and contribute to the @Spaminator project. We will have our official roadmap ready early in 2019 Q4.

We will also formulating a STEEM burn methodology.

The goal is to make this a true community project.

Summary

Delegation renewal requested
Move from @spaminator to @spaminator-clear
Move from @mack-bot to @spaminator-warn
New naming to make it simpler to understand and manage
New GitHub will be up soon for community input

Spaminator Delegation Renewal Form