OK.... just a thought....
Why not make the general rule:
NO SELF UPVOTING WITH THE BOTS.
Leave it for others to reward each other with the mega upvoting bots, especially for the Whales out there, this way they can use these to reward others and not spend a lot doing it.... hence making it all happen in the "true nature" of the ideal!
i.e. joblo pays for a post made by him, it becomes a donation to the bot, end of story
& the Whales can then utilize these bots more, so that their upvotes become really big (for others) without using all their money
If I had 2 million SP, I would use all the upvote bots when I see a post I like
that way my money goes a lot further
and I can still use my regular upvotes for what I want to do
I guess I'm a dumb romantic
No self up-voting rule using your account or a bot will not work because people have other accounts as well.
I can be a whale and just keep up-voting my other accounts.
Yeah, I see what you mean.