Please note that I'm declining rewards on this post. I want you to give your votes to others who need them.
As part of the @SteemFlagRewards community I was made aware of the account 
His only response is a flood of retaliatory flags, but do not worry as these are not really affecting me. He has run down his voting power and only has a small amount of SP anyway.
He’s using two other accounts for flagging that are obviously his as they have been doing similar bot abuse. These accounts are 
Various people have told me that the profits from buying votes are minimal, but there are a lot of people doing it anyway. If they buy enough to get onto the trending page then they may pick up some votes from other people and trails, but at his level he is really just feeding the bots and not gaining followers or positive comments.
It is your rewards he is plundering, so it is up to you if you want to take action. Flagging is as valid for curation as voting, but by default you do not get anything in return (apart from possible retaliation). With Steem Flag Rewards you can be rewarded for your actions. If you leave an appropriate comment and it is approved then you will earn a vote to compensate you for what you could have gained by self-voting (if you do that). With the current SFR community we can only take a small percentage of his rewards away. That may be enough to wipe out any profit, but reducing it further with more contributors sends a signal that the Steem community does not want to see this sort of abuse.
If we do nothing then we will just see more and more of this sort of behaviour. The vote sellers will keep increasing their power and Steem will just become a spam swamp with genuine creators struggling to make anything. The price of Steem would probably plummet anyway as who would want to invest in that?
This is just one example of abuse and we find many more each day. If you join the SFR Discord then you can get alerted of new cases that require investigation or action. This is not an attack on defenceless minnows. It is an attempt to build a better platform for those with a genuine interest in creating something of value.
It is up to us whether Steem prospers. We can choose to ignore abuse and take what we can for ourselves or we can take action to stem abuse at an early stage. Many of the vote sellers do not seem interested in where their votes go as long as the money keeps coming in, so we have to hit the buyers before they get too big to tackle. By investing a little time now we can help to build a better Steem than stands more chance of success and then we will all profit.
If you still do not feel that you can flag, then please consider delegating to @SteemFlagRewards or one of the dedicated flagging accounts such as 
I am not asking for delegations for myself as I have a reasonable amount of Steem and I already delegate to these accounts. I do not self-vote or buy votes. My only problem is in keeping my voting power up as there is so much that deserves flagging and I still want to vote up good content too. If a few dolphins could contribute even just 10% of their SP in delegation to these accounts we could do so much more and they would not really miss it. Delegation is such a cool aspect of Steem as it costs you nothing apart from some lost curation rewards and you can take it back at any time.
If you haven't worked out how to delegate then a simple way is by installing the 
BTW I composed this post earlier and have since had even more retaliation flags. I really don't worry about them, but I have some cool people countering them anyway.
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