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It is just more drama

Steem, you came for the money, you stay for the drama.

It sounds a lot like those are jealous, because someone else is making a bit of money.
And to address themarkymark is just laughable.

I disagree... this is an important discussion and I am always happy to see people taking an active stance on the subject, regardless of what their position my be. I also appreciate bot operators dealing with these matters transparently and raising awareness for their perspective!

You missed my point, probably my fault as I didn't convey it well, but discussion is good I agree, it's the arguing that I have a problem with and NO this is not directed at mark.

Yeah, sorry, I actually did take your comment the wrong way.

Not because I felt it was directed against the OP but because i took it as "people arguing over bots" complaint about the drama instead of just "people arguing" as a complaint about their behaviour.

I guess it's normal that people get like that in heated debates and ideological issues, such as the ethics of paid upvotes.

It's good... if people wouldn't get emotional, all the abuse that's obviously happening wouldn't be cared about either.