On Hive the situation is even more complex when scams and manipulation are involved. For instance, the Buildawhale account, associated with users like themarkymark, gogreenbuddy, and usainvote uses power to downvote normal Hive users and farm Hive.
The funds from the Buildawhale account are powered down and sent to ipromote, which then sends them to alpha, an account that belongs to Blocktrades' wife. This has led to speculation about a potential connection between Blocktrades and the Buildawhale account.