that's exactly the point. why would anybody have to hold this  sign and show their faces?
You are doing secret writer posts for people who want / need to stay anonymous, yet you ask someone to reveal their identity.

If you didn't hear, "asians" are very shy ( at least that;s my experience living over 30years in asia)

And I didn't know that  newbie are forced to do an introduction post. what a scandal ;)

I have to ask you, why MUST I? You dont have the right to ask me to do that sign, i dont have an introduce myself post because I just dont want to (im not that kind of person who says much about  herself in pubilc), im here just to express my food passion to foodholics just like me. And Im very happy that I had a chance to know some great food reporters here, for example @knozaki2015. Please dont mention my name as A ROBOt, and english is not my mother language, therefore sometimes it becomes "weird" (as you say), but its not my fault lol. I will try to improve my english so that it's not weird anymore, is it okay ? 
Once again, we're not forced to prove ourselves here, Its up to us whether we want to show who we are. Some people claimed that they are someone famous, these people may have to write that "steemit sign", Im not claiming anything but only "i love food, i am an asian" so why must I have to post my picture if I dont want to???

https://s10.postimg.io/jbpfzwhl5/stellab.png

force?

I never held up a sign, and nobody has ever once questioned my personhood or my claimed identity.

I never held up a sign either.  

The holding up a sign thing is worse than useless.  Just pay a model $5 to do it.  If we need to authenticate people vs whatever, then have them validate against their other social media account.

It's about content.  It doesn't matter who specifically the author is. If you really feel like someone is being overpaid, let the whales know and ask them why they are paying this much for bad content.

How about you stop harassing users to hold up pointless signs?  Thanks.

>forced

lol no one is forced to verify anything, I thought that has been obvious since the start and a big part of decentralization. Even in [my post](https://steemit.com/newcomers/@acidyo/what-verifying-your-account-in-introduceyourself-means-and-what-it-doesn-t-necessarily-have-to-mean) that I created as a newbie here I made it clear no one has to verify their account, but if they want to and gain trust that way as a user of the platform, then my post would help them how to properly do it.

Were you forced to post your phone number on a public slack channel?

No one is forced to do that :P

dude leave people alone

Im sorry I will not do it just because you say people're FORCED to do. Im not forced to do anything, unless I'm willing to do it. Look around and you'll see, not all the steemians post that 'steemit board". Its your business to raise suspicion, i dont mind, Im happy to be myself and Im happy that I can express my love for cuisine here and get encouragement from other people. Why do you mention my name under the title "aritificial intelligence" if you're not implying that Im a robot? A robot can make a response like that ? I dont think so. Once again, you're very very funny girl. End of the conversation, thank you very much for making me "well-known" in a FUNNY way, I appreciate that ^^

> Steemit is overrun by bots, auto-voting bots, AI and scammers. Linking your real other account or doing as others have been asked to do would immediately clear up the possibility of deception. 

Wouldn't even slow the bots down.  What it would mean is that people who do not have other social media accounts and have no desire to dox ourselves or be doxxed would just go somewhere else.  

Problem ain't bots.  Bots are owned by people, they don't just "exist".   They have a cost to acquire and a cost to maintain.  This cost has to be less than the bot will earn for it's owner.

People will use bots because they are a force multiplier.  To stop the bots you need to change the incentives so low value tasks aren't rewarded enough to cover the cost.  But neither msgivings nor mibenkito are bots.

Not sure I would even put these two in the same category and I have more reason than most to hate msgivings.

How can you think that things can be solved just by a blurred picture? And what for? By making responses to this article and all the funny conments she wrote, I've shown myself enough to prove that I'm not a robot nor AI. Is that all we need here? Why keep demanding me to show my face? MAYBE I am too ugly, so it is quite embarassing to do that "verify yourself thing" ? Or if I want to hide myself, I can hire a model to pose with that steemit board and post it here, who will even know that it's me or not? It's all about "willingness" my friend, and in this situation I demand to keep my identity and my images 😊

"Hello Steemians, my name is Miki."

Welcome to the age where privacy is no longer TOLERATED ...

I do agree with you. But we also have the right to be suspicious, yet most won't/are not resolved by a "introduce yourself" thingie. No, what we need is communication. And also, some people will believe whatever they want to believe :)

Stella actually thinks that a robot can make delicious cupcakes and hand out Steemit flyers on the street @knozaki2015 :D

So, what would you suggest moving forward when we suspect the next AI account? Usually, people have some sort of other account like Twitter to verify that they are a real person. What would you suggest the next time an AI account takes over the trending pages?
I use my author name. I am a professional writer, so it makes sense to use my author identity.
I never claimed this account to be AI, I merely think the writing is very odd. I was curious who this person was, behind all the "i love food" persona. People generally like many things. That's what makes us human...... It has the feel of being manufactured, that's all. I might not be right about it, and I never claimed it was one thing or another. Something just doesn't seem right about it. That's all. I was hoping to get my doubts cleared up in a real, tangible way, but apparently that's not happening. I read a lot. And like I mentioned, I lived in Asia, too as an English teacher. I'm very familiar with non-native English writing, and these posts don't feel like non-native English. They feel somehow manipulated in some way. That's my honest, gut feelings. But I'm only human, so there's potential that I may be incorrect.

I can't agree more :)