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Hmmm...so far I haven't seen these critters (the bots, anyway) self-upvote on my posts, but thanks to your comments I'll be more vigilant. I have seen a number of newbies self-upvote, though, and usually it's a matter of one or two cents. I used to do that too, before HF19, because old Jerry Banfield recommended it, and for a minnow it was a good strategy at the time. Not any more! Don't want to waste my vote on me. Now that I can only really use 20% of my voting power in a day, I'd rather save it for upvoting posts (and Steemians) I like, as well as to upvote good comments to my posts. So, in short and after all that, I don't know, Ellie Mae, but I sure understand how you feel...😊😊