I take it you are the developer behind Hive account@nfc then?

No. I have no relation to Hive account@nfc account. But I don't like hypocrisy.

Minnowbooster was autocommenting with upgoat pictures only on posts where our customers ordered votes, not on posts where we were not wanted.

So, you were sure customers want upgoat pictures? They were ordering upvotes, not silly images. You were just spamming the network.