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I see their appeal. It's people asking for your attention for no actual rewards besides instant gratification. It was a more innocent form of feeling rewarded compared to what is going on in the shady parts of Steemit right now. Check this:

https://steemit.com/sbd/@checkthisout/sbd-correction

Compared to that, FB pokes look like the better moral alternative.

hehehe, still.. i wish i had the technical skills to put off somethin like that :-) i guess these actions over time will result in a better steemit experience, becouse some off the initiaters of the platform will somehow push back on these "hacks"

you dont need technical skills. just a lot of money. it's just an account with like 600k SP upvoting another account which just posts nonsense.

hmm, fascinating.. just by looking at it i would say there's some automated system at work doing the upvoting.. im new here dont realy have clue whats going on under the hood of steemit... but flaging should somehow take care of this kinda misuse? would be nice if someone who is experienced would make a video to educate steemit users on this subject

There are lots of videos about it already. It comes down to the witnesses (those in charge of approving rewards) not doing a good job.

three cheers for decentralization!!