Thank you very much for restoring (improving, actually) my reputation.
I think that buying attention is not the same as buying votes but am more than willing to concede that it is I who may be wrong rather than you. In any case, I will never convince everyone of the point and am very aware that any additional vote-buying is suicidal and stupid (and I try not to do stupid things ;-)
Could you please perform the same reputation repair on august-newbie if you haven't already? She will be editing her post to remove the (perceived ;-) vote-buying.
I appreciate all that you're doing for the community! Live long and prosper (and know that I'm now following you and willing to help with reputation repair as needed)!
Both accounts have been restored to positive rep status
Smooth, you'r smooth. This is one of the better stories of Steemit. It has been fun to read it for myself.