Exactly. The first thing I saw from this is 'why is he being paid even more, after confessing to plagiarism'.
Of course, I know why. Its because people upvote it, presumably because self-correction like this, adds value to the platform. They also have every right/capability to do so. But it's still not something I would tip.
Perhaps there should be a way to return/destroy funds, thereby giving value back to the community. I haven't read enough into how Steemit works mechanically, so not sure if its feasible. But if he did something like that, maybe I would tip.
I would venture to guess it is a risk vs reward opportunity for whales such as @ned
What I mean is they can risk some slight community backlash for upvoting and supporting this post and rewarding jpiper20 so it becomes an example to the community of "what could happen" if you do what he did.
Right, wrong or indifferent, Steemit's voting system allows for this to happen.
I will tell you why this is happening @sandeeppatel, Bots need to be stopped. Whales need to start voting with their fingers. @jpiper20 is showing that bots need to stop. aside from him doing wrong. Look at the top vote on this post. It's Ned , one of the creators of steemit. He upvoted this post. Why? Well, he either supports jpiper20 apology, or his bot voted for him because he had him program in the steem.piston bot as one of his favorite posters. sorry to derail your apology on this bot rant. I just see this whole bot thing as a thorn in the Steemit community.