well actually @oncyfia if what he was getting was just the funds from the votes of the majority of his followers he likely wouldn't have been noticed for quite some times. It was when the whale started giving him huge upvotes on every post that other whales took note and countered them.
The system is built for that. What whales can upvote, they can downvote. Well actually anyone can upvote or downvote but it's the whales that carry more weight.