ULOG #23: Beware of bots that downvote
Today, I checked again on my blog that I made yesterday morning, and I expected a normal increase in upvotes and payout. Nothing could prepare me for what happened next.
Apparently, this "bot" named @superfipo downvoted my post using 100% of its voting weight. What's worse is that my overall payout took a hit, decreasing from $ 0.54 to $ 0.51. I couldn't think of any acceptable reason for why this happened to me. In my opinion, my content was original, the picture I used was authentic and wasn't plagiarized, and I didn't use any foul play in making my blog.
Turns out I wasn't the only one who got downvoted by this inexplicable waste of an account. I searched for @superfipo on steemd.com, and I found out that this "bot" just appeared 7 hours ago and is going on a spree of doing nothing but downvoting people. I don't know if @superfipo is really a bot, because if you ask me, if the only reason an account exists is to downvote other people's hard work on Steemit, then it's not worth creating and keeping around in the first place.
If there's anyone out there who can do anything about this, please act immediately. I beg you. Stop this thing in its tracks as soon as possible, for the sake of other small accounts like me who are barely making a payout. Thank you in advance.
UPDATE
Many other bots that downvote posts have surfaced, such as @superlove, @jeanmarlo, @donaldducky, @charlesbiters, and @dervuptli, to name a few. There could possibly be more out there. I encourage you to do your part in reporting these bots. If you've also been downvoted by a bot during the past few days, report them in the comment section of this post right here by @randohealer: https://steemit.com/abuse/@randohealer/sdl-botnet-downvote-randohealer-report-2018-07-11
I also got downvoted (-100%) the other day by @ steempolki. I just checked it in steemd and it's only 10days old at the moment.
Experiencing these downvotes issues as well. Tsktsk
I had this downvote also yesterday. They are new accounts. We need to look for solution for this.
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There is likely no reason for your downvote .. I got one in a giveaway thread likely from the same person or group that is doing it to everyone else. Luckily their VP and SP are very low.
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how can I report these bots, I don't see a report button on their profile.
Follow @randohealer and @neutralizer for that matter, I've discovered that they've already encountered this issue two or three months ago, and they give out votes to "heal" posts downvoted by these bots. I just don't know when they'll publish their next post
I follow both of them