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Vote selling is reward pool rape!

There are s one who just vote for themselves and don't support the community. I'm some cases they are making serious money. We can each make our own judgements

Hey @sreevc Yes there are people who mostly vote themselves here and there are very selfish people in the rest of world as well.
Do you really believe that attacking people for self voting a viable solution to create a positive change in behavior?
Have you seen the abusive trolling going on? Are you supportive of that as well?
How do you think potential investors looking at Steemit would feel looking at that level of abuse ?
especially when the worst offenders are being rewarded for it!
Given the state of this place the price of Steem should be about $0.50 NZD

Voting and flagging are tools for curation. They can be used and abused. I want to see good content get the rewards out deserves.

Do you believe that you have skills which surpass those of other users of the platform to decided which content 'deserves' a payout and which does not ?

If this abuse is not curbed it will hinder the growth of the platform and i am thinking that is exactly what some people here are aiming for.

Who is qualified to judge? How much SP you have should not determine that. I rarely flag, but it will be for blatant spam and cynical money grabs. Only the whales can deal with the worst cases. I want Steemit to be a good experience for those who come with good intentions. Of course some will try to exploit it. That is why we need moderation tools. My power of fairly low, but I do what I can.

buying votes is necessary for people with smaller followings though. if you want to hit trending or hot you HAVE to buy the votes unless you have thousands of followers.

however, some people do abuse it so I can agree with you on that.