More importantly, the change in the payout system that "eliminated bidbots" actually emphasised the financial penalty on upvoting content that receives DVs.
Back in the day of 5-minute reverse auction followed by race to vote before others do, there was a theoretical option to discover great content, upvote early and receive great curation payout when it moons even if someone adjusts rewards afterwards.
Nowadays with 24-hour egalitarian window (and very few upvotes coming after it closes), you literally have to hide your upvotes away from any DVs. If account A keeps DVing account B for whatever reason, there are just two options - (1) a whale nukes account A real fast and makes them stop; OR (2) everyone else stops upvoting account B because they lose curation rewards.
Once everyone starts getting a flat rate on curation no matter what opinion they show (with both UVs and DVs) the problem disappears.
No need to watch the watchers. Whenever the police (individual or DHF-funded) abuses anyone, people will flock to the crime site (summoned by friends) and just upvote to adjust the adjustments.
Currently. anyone trying to be a good citizen like that just burns money.
Better to burn it than to let it go to the control freaks driving people away, imo.
I like the way things are going.
The only thing I would change is to make a 1000mv cap on voting in the pool.
I don't like getting reaped by those that got their hive cheap.
When those whales are discovered to be cheating the community through fraud, they will be easier to suppress.
A good anti-abuse community should have no problem riding herd on the outlaws.