I can tell you i have folllowed every person that has upvoted one of my comments in a big $ way.
Is this why you're here on this thread right now?
In reality this isn't really a situation for debate. There should be zero people who would defend a person who constantly replies "Thnx" or "Thanks" or "Thank you" and upvotes those comments to $3 - $7 every time. That's fucked up and good luck getting rich on here acting like a Carp.
I'm on this thread because the title caught my attention. I'm not defending the guy at all. The simple fact is, if the system allows him to upvote his own comments then whose going to stop him? Like I stated before, the guy will eventually lose followers because they will see him as being greedy.
I am in no way a bottom feeding carp. I have put alot in to this community myself. Matter of fact one of the first things I did was to donate 50 STEEM (when it was valued at 1.60) that I had won the week before in a contest, to a woman who I have never met because she had medical bills.
My statement of following those who gave me big upvotes was to simply say I have followed those who have shown their appreciation for my thoughts by giving me a big upvote.
I don't think you're really getting it! Who cares if this guy has followers or not? Even doesn't even care! I think you're beating around the bush for some reason. He upvotes his own comment everytime $3-$7. The purpose of these upvotes is not to move to the top of the comments for visibility. It is to "Make Money". This is very harmful to the platform as it takes from the reward pool and lowers the payout for all other users.
We are! We as users are to stop the abuse on our platform. This is not a situation where you phone the police or contact your MP or whatever other type of sheeple things people do. This is our platform we as stake holders are to direct it's path.
:) This was very thoughtful and generous of you.
I'm not fooled easily ;)