$342.22 in rewards removed from this vote selling spammer!

I've taken the results and created a chart with total downvote value per abuse fighter.

In the last episode of battling bid bot abuse, I informed the community about a certain abuse named Hive account@askquestion who had attained a 70 reputation by buying votes on spammy content. I had written an exposé on said individual exposing the sheer absurdidity of the his content and the value of votes he self-bid them.

This post documents the results of said campaign.

We are thankful that Hive account@spaminator provided the necessary support to neutralize the rewards on this abuse. Often we are unsuccessful in complete removal of rewards from bid bot abuse and are rarely able to get them unvoted. Sadly, only one bid bot owner actually delegates toward our effort and that is none other than Hive account@themarkymark. It would be fantastic if another bid bot owner would review and consider supporting our work to keep the blockchain clean. Far too many abusers get get by because of these services but far too few are willing to unvote or even leverage their SP to regularly flag abuse.

If we all contributed a portion towards decentralized blockchain moderation, things like bid bot abuse would become a thing of the past as it would far too risky of an enterprise.

You can take that to the bank!

I've created a new Python script that will be extremely helpful as we continue abuse operations and collaboration with our friends at Hive account@steemcleaners. I will be creating an Hive account@utopian-io post for the coming release of said tool. This is a sneak peak.👀

All downvotes sorted by "Comment"

The Beem Comment class is used to pull both main posts and comments so is a bit of a misnomer in this case. I will probably replace the column with "Content" as a more inclusive term.

Downvoter	Comment	SBD amount
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-63.426
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.068
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.110
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.073
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.075
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-24.017
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.070
Hive account@assbot	Comment	-0.032
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.077
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.091
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.076
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.092
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-13.769
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@assbot	Comment	-0.034
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-95.154
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@anthonyadavisii	Comment	-0.086
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.074
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.069
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-18.395
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@kabir88	Comment	-0.187
Hive account@anthonyadavisii	Comment	-0.083
Hive account@assbot	Comment	-0.035
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-68.254
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@flugschwein	Comment	-0.093
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.069
Hive account@assbot	Comment	-0.033
Hive account@enforcer48	Comment	-0.071
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.151
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.078
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.073
Hive account@anthonyadavisii	Comment	-0.091
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-7.253
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@assbot	Comment	-0.035
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.071
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.069
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.061
Hive account@enforcer48	Comment	-0.071
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.067
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.081
Hive account@anthonyadavisii	Comment	-0.088
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-19.559
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.068
Hive account@assbot	Comment	-0.033
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.074
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.070
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.108
Hive account@anthonyadavisii	Comment	-0.089
Hive account@supermeatboy	Comment	-0.202
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.074
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.077
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.071
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.077
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.112
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.073
Hive account@supermeatboy	Comment	-0.209
Hive account@supermeatboy	Comment	-0.213
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.085
Hive account@supermeatboy	Comment	-0.222
Hive account@enforcer48	Comment	-0.074
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.072
Hive account@flagawhale	Comment	-0.077
Hive account@anthonyadavisii	Comment	-0.096
Hive account@neutralizer	Comment	-0.006
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.080
Hive account@supermeatboy	Comment	-0.150
Hive account@supermeatboy	Comment	-0.218
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.071
Hive account@mack-botjr	Comment	-0.019
Hive account@hanen	Comment	-0.053
Hive account@hanen	Comment	-0.052
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.079
Hive account@mack-botjr	Comment	-0.019
Hive account@spaminator	Comment	-26.575
Hive account@prowler	Comment	0.000
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.072
Hive account@assbot	Comment	-0.031
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.072
Hive account@steevc	Comment	-0.111
Hive account@admiralbot	Comment	-0.075

I think it is safe to say this one will not likely try this stunt again any time soon.

If any abuser is considering trying their luck buying votes on junk, you may to reconsider. _{Unless you like losing money.}

We are watching. 🔍🕵️‍♂️

Note: I have just confirmed that the 'total_pending_payout_value' does not appear to be a reliable key for pending rewards. I have checked one and it is at 5 days with payout remaining so will adjust the tool prior to release.

If you'd like to support decentralized blockchain moderation, consider a delegation to Hive account@steemflagrewards, upvoting their regular 8 Flagger Beneficiary Post. Example linked-embedded image below.

Quick Delegation Links for your convenience.

50 SP,100 SP,500 SP,1000 SP

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