I agree with you, and did from the beginning. A similar thing happened to me from a vote bot. I made a post about it and they ruined my reputation, and stole from me and justified it because I confronted them for their thievery.

They have all the power we have none.

Too many punks behind the key board acting like they are men when they are just punks. In life they would just tuck their tail and go home, but here they hide behind fake names and hurt people. Some day they will hurt the wrong person and then they will be exposed and maybe even something very evil happens to them.
I even asked the one behind this issue If it was ok and how he would feel if it happened to him.
I was accused of choosing sides and told to upvote your spam if I like it. I was glad however that he didn't attack me with flag. I will say at least that didn't happen.

What sucks is I did like the guy before this happened, and now I feel sorry for him and us.

The love of Money is the root of all evil!

He is dealing with this because he decided to be a money changer. I think all money changers are evil and should be flown to Mars.

I myself have stopped using the vote bots I think they are cancer here.
If we all stop using them then they will have to find another way to steal from us.

If we retain ownership of our content then why do we only have 7 days to delete it? In my personal unprofessional opinion.... "Ownership signifies control"