Did INS Buy Votes?

Hi Friends,

I promise I'm not just saying this because I'm a sore loser. On the contrary, the information seems to be stacking against them.

Much of this contest, we have been battling with Verge for the top spot. They are another coin that actually has a pretty big following and user base. Then out of the blue, a relatively unknown coin with a small user base suddenly comes up with thousands of votes in the final hours. I smell something a little fishy.

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Screenshot taken right when the voting closed

There are plenty of vote buying groups out there where you can pay people to vote for things with their email addresses. It's not uncommon in contests like this for that kind of behavior to take place.

In fact, I was having a conversation about this with my wise friend Hive account@denmarkguy and he informed me that Netcoins actually removed thousands of votes for suspicious voting patterns from other coins like PAC and Verge.

This gives me hope that Netcoins will review the votes from the final day before officially declaring a winner. Of course, it is possible that these are all legitimate votes - it just seems highly suspicious and I trust that Netcoins will look into it before announcing a winner.

I'm Proud of This Community

No matter how things turn out, I'm super excited to see how this community rallied together under one common purpose. Big love to Hive account@oracle-d for spotting this opportunity and then even bigger love to the entire Steemit community for embracing it. Verge was a serious competitor for this contest, and we blew them out of the water. All thanks to the passion and dedication of this community.

I love that so many amazing groups/steemains such as Hive account@anomadsoul, Hive account@sndbox, Hive account@blocktrades, Hive account@aggroed, Hive account@cryptocurator, and Hive account@nathanmars jumped on board and generously donated prizes or votes to encourage people to get out and vote. I'm sure there were many more that I either missed or forgot.

I love this community and how much we can all come together to make something awesome happen. Winning this is so much more than just saving $30,000 to be listed. It is about exposure, press and camaraderie.

Xo, Lea