That's what I've seen and that's what worries me. And thats what should worry every investor with half a brain, as long there is no further information. steemitblog is silent, ned is involved in his in his ex-marital disputes with dan and has even no time to wish a "happy new year" or "merry xmas" to his great community.
Sorry for the bitterness... I am all into positivity and actually DOING something good, but THIS is just some unneeded BS.
(Burning SBD would probably be a working patch for symptoms, but as long as some big whales are more interested in making even more bucks by selling their votes for short term gains instead of stabilizing the ecosystem, I don't see a chance for anyone imitating your efforts.)
Don't worry, he does have time to self-vote himself $6000 dollars while he argues with his ex-boyfriend:
LOOOOOOL, saw that
Imitation isn't needed, only votes. 10 burn posts per day can consume all or nearly all of the entire reward pool if they get enough votes, and I can certainly set up a bot to make 10 of these posts (and also to automatically burn the rewards). But as you say that is a drop in the bucket compared to the steemit account, so these aren't really the same issue at all.