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All this ganging up, including @curie, obtain an advantage in the math unavailable to individuals.
Just as vote sellers increase their stakes to sell more votes snowballing to overwhelming the pool, so too do the collusive gangs.
Eventually only favored gang members will get rewards.
Once your name is on their no vote list your number is canceled and you dont eat.
The quality of content you bring to the chain is irrelevant.
Because the socials will have a lock on it.
Look at the one star steemsmart offered me, already i have been disfavored, not due to the quality of my material but due to its content.
I cant get a curie vote even when there was only 1200 daily authors, again, not because of the quality but because of the content. They only support corporate speak.