Until this all settles down some are going to think that votes suppled by @smartsteem, @rocky1, @appreciator and @tipu are paid ones. It may be a matter of time when @booster and @therising join in.
I got one from @tipu on my last post, but it was not paid for. The bots are moving to curation and people can't assume they are paid votes without inspecting wallets now.
https://steemwhales.com/clean-trending/
This fine utility is also showing native 'no bot posts' as having paid votes resulting in unwarranted flags. As I said.. it's going to take some time for the new STEEM rules to settle.
I find them via my old friend and fellow viking Booster's wallet. Hopefully I can soon stop worrying about this all together and get back to my art business.
I can't find any official statements about Rocky1, appreciator or tipu going manual. Is this behind the curtain talk or what? or have I overlooked something?
Somehow they owe us to come with an official statement of what their future politics will be. I would prefer if it was with some crying and remorse and a strange hat, but a one line of: We will now manually curate content, would do.
Haejin just wrote this yesterday. Things are really going faster than I would ever believe.
The H posts have stopped, and he's dormant for the moment.. but it's promising.
I don't know if there's official statements, but I'm seeing votes from these bot owners more and more.
Hope they spread them wisely.
maybe i should start actifiting again. 100% upvotes from hajin -nice! lol
Let's see if he does anything at all.
Maybe they suddenly found themselves with 100% voting power and thought - this is bad business. Let's bribe that selfroghteous one-man army, Slobberchops! I mean I had a bidbottet upvote as stated in the post.
Right now it is of course too early to say anything, but the omens and the sign in the sky are surprising.