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The damage has been done. I warned Steemit Inc. early on about exploits in the signup system. Already at least 2 million Steem has been stolen from the system from fraudulent signups by just a handful of people. But glad to see someone paying attention to it now either way. I guess it's no different than when Abit raped the internal market maker rewards for millions of Steem. It won't ruin the platform.

Problems arise when we have too much faith in humanity :(
I've signed my brother up twice. The first time did not work out. I'm still waiting for a response for the second attempt. Nothing so far :(
Mine took a week. When I did not hear back, I had to ask a friend for help. The waiting sucks... lol