My understanding was that if one delegates to the @freecompliments account then they will, in turn, get their content upvoted. That does not factor in the consensus of other delegators by my understanding. Bot voting services of old, on STEEM, ran up against similar opposition in the past. They were run by such witnesses as @therealwolf if memory serves; so this disagreement exists at the highest level of the HIVE food chain.
My feeling is that the real solution would be to rework the downvoting system so that one voice cannot cripple an account or project but simply lend a strong voice for others to join so as to get more of a consensus on the matter.
This is not correct because I'm not a delegation project. I'm someone who uses the delegation projects, which is what the primary gripe was about. He chose to downvote me, and subsequently the community, because I delegate to these projects.