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But the return comes out of the reward pool which = less payout for everyone else. This is the inherent evil of pay to play upvote bots. Only the owners of said bots win, while the rest of us get to fight over the remaining piece of the pie. Also they get massive reputation boosts. Rep in it's own way (not fully in reality) means more than Steem.

now that you mentioned it. i feel more informed about the system here on this platform. thanks for the input.