Oh, I'm sorry. My bad. I took for granted that he split the earnings with the author. Sorry for the inconvenience. Even so, I do understand why some posts doesn't get the attention it might deserve.. It's due to all the other posts being made. People can't find everything and I get that.
This is not about that at all. This is mainly about upvoting the same author multiple times.
I used @gavvet as an example. Nothing more. And even if I was wrong assuming he split the cash, he still got upvotes on 4 different topics, during 24 hours.. How many others are doing the same, but keep the money for themselves?
If you have a look at it it isnt them upvoting the same author but 4 different authors with 4 very different posts. its not one person at all. and yes i agree with you that some others might be doing it and keeping it all to themselves but the following dont just upvote and they wont allow someone to just spam posts and let them get money for it thats how reputaiton comes in and as soon as it is noticed that someone starts to take that advantage of the system the following will no longer vote for that person many of the bot following are people that want to vote others up but dont have the time so they are very picky on who they have which they auto vote on and gavvet is trusted that he wont spam and abuse the system. if you have also noticed that the value of posts has gone up as the auto voters trust him that is how it has increased and that just shows you that the people behind the auto voters arent just running them on whoever but are seriously picky on who they run it on
Sure, I see your point but, as you said yourself, auto upvotes.. gavvet has built himself a great reputation during his time here on steemit and he would have got these upvotes no matter if it was his own posts or posts from other authors.. All due to these auto upvotes.
The auto upvotes are based on his reputation and him being an awesome author. I get that and I have nothing against that.. That far.
As I've said numerous of times already. I like gavvet and I respect him. I love what he's doing for this community.. What this is about, is the auto upvotes & votes on multiple topics from the same person..
In gavvet's case, it's 4 different authors. I get that. But the issue still remains..
What if others are doing the same thing.. And use these auto upvotes to make bank over night..?