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It's clear that if he had an interest in actually maintaining a good following and contributing something of worth he would engage his followers, but he doesn't care about his followers, as long as he upvotes himself with his alt account he has the money he's after.

totaly agree. I think that it is natural to want money and stuff but it is also great to interact with people. Like @pasaift says in this post https://steemit.com/steemit/@pasaift/come-for-the-rewards-stay-for-the-community steemit is all about the community even though most of the ppl here joined steemit for the rewards :)