It was late last night when I replied to this comment. Mommy exhaustion and neglected to thank you and hendrix as well for all your efforts. I know you both were heavily involved with fighting the abuse. I do hope the truce continues.

Also would hope comment abuse would stop as well. I agree with some other comments that it is their stake and they can choose to do as they wish, but if everyone takes this path of rewarding, then how are we supposed to market steem to the population: "Invest your retirement savings in STEEM. All you have to do is write one or two sentences in a comment, and you are guaranteed a 150% interest ROI!" Sooner or later, the system will unravel and be known as the pyramid scheme of history.