I didn't even read the part where he talked about @surfermarly, I just wanted to show that the reports for some reason don't show the votes from @buildawhale.
I fully understand why he is not withdrawing the votes he sold to the users since he can't just withdraw what he sold if he doesn't like the content afterwards.
But I think he can withdraw the options to use his business for future use to certain users - meaning blacklisting them.
In my opinion @dobartim and his company friends should be on the blacklist. I dived very deep into it today, because I also wasn't quite sure what to think. His business-model isn't transparent and in my opinion he wants to abuse Steemit. And I really mean Steemit itself. Not just with getting rewards from it through bots.
If you look at the competition that this thing is a part of, it asks for people to donate SBD to the prize pool. It lists the donors - one is that top trending post, another contributor has won a round in the history. It is wall to wall dubious.
To me everything he does smells like what I know as snowball systems. The only real winner is @dobartim.