Is (re)distributing rewards using the tools available classed as abusing now?
Damn! It's like no one has ever received a negative comment or reaction before and this is the first time that they have used the internet!
I haven't had much, if any, interaction with those two accounts you mentioned but there's camillesteemer group of accounts that do just go on downvote rampages because they got caught plagiarising.
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Well I have no affiliation with any of those accounts you mention and have no interest in getting dragged in to battles here (again) as I'm concerned with growing my own account and helping others with the contest I run and the community I am in.
I was responding to your insinuation that I was also part of some elaborate abuse network when I've been vocally against bid bots, which did earn me downvotes from them, have never used one, and have been vocal elsewhere about certain aspects of the way this platform was and is since HF 21.
My other comment replying to the call out from the original poster explains all I want to say on the downvote/upvote matter, which is on the main comments section.
I'm not following auto downvote trails either. I work off my own accord as to what I want to with the reward distribution tools available to me and that includes downvoting posts that I think are over rewarded whenever I happen to be online and can be arsed to scan the trending page.
I bought up 10k steem over the last month as I believe there's longevity in the platform and I'm an honest person, which is why I replied to the original post and other comments including yours, offering my point of view as part of the debate.
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Haha well I was tagged in this post and feature in that list as someone who downvotes like it's a bad thing and then you said "add these guys to your list of abusers" so that's where that came from.
I have been on steem for 18 months and 10p has been the lowest I've seen it at. Bought between 10-13p per steem and if it goes lower, I'll definitely be buying more because I want to be one of the ones directing this platform in the right direction, starting with the top 3 contest I started with 3 others a few months back.
It's why I downvote when I can, I don't care who it is. If I see a post that is over rewarded, I'll do what I can. I've even downvoted some of the names in that list so go figure 😂
Founders of companies come and go. I've seen that elsewhere but development is still happening and there's enough of a core team to keep this thing running which it has done for 3 years and that's longer than other blockchain projects I've seen or been involved with.
We are seeing a lot of communication from steemit which is encouraging compared to this time last year.
In case you can't tell, I quite like it here 😁
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