It's nice to see this.
It will be interesting to see going forward what's considered a circle jerk and what's considered supporting those that helped you. I've had a handful of people that have supported me while I've grown on Steem and they've supported me.
I'm not too worried about it, because I can see there are going to be clear cut circle jerks that are taken down with the new downvotes, but have a feeling that some will cause drama as it may not be as cut and dry.
Either way I think splitting up these large accounts from constantly voting for eachother will be, in the long term, better for all on Steem.
I think there is agoing to be a lot of blur and, it is going to depend on how narrow and how high it is. There is a difference in this one and, at least half of these accounts appear to be one person. For example:
these were all posted within 8 minutes of each other. What are the chances?
Yeah I wasn't saying I disagree as this one was clear cut and the votes are huge.
Another thing that will make a large difference is if you're upvoting your "circle" for a few Steem or tens or hundreds of Steem as well.