Warning: Vote farming
Hello dear Steemians,
You all know that these weeks WOX is running the Steemit Engagement Challenge WOX therefore, while checking the users but also while reading the comment two users caught my attention. Initially I even did not noticed similarity but then the way how the users were commenting it just made me think that these are two accounts belong to the same person. But you should look yourself and decide yourself.
*When reading this post I noticed those two users and their comment attitude:
Both comment were done yesterday, during very short time.
Of course, it is not forbidden to have many accounts but not asking the users to comment and not to leave the links to their posts.
While just checking what Voting attitude the users have I was puzzled, the Upvoted were going to "ghost" accounts that were not doing anything but farming the votes.
The "Steemworld" program is very good to see that at one glance.
Vote Farming by "ghost" accounts |
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Looking at this account, we see that it has $4.31. The post itself was posted 5 years ago, I was wondering if such "ghost" accounts voting old posts so that they are not seen and not detected.
I took then the next one and it is the same story and the post where the user placed his comment window without any comment is also 5 years old.
At the end it seems that there is an account called @shitcoiner behind all the upvote. I wonder the Steemit Team @steemcurator01 and Steemit Watcher Team: @rahul00, @abuse-watcher aware about them and if this attitude been considered as an abuse.
Straight detective story! You are the real Sherlock Holmes, @stef1!)))
Thank you, friend!
I'm @steem.history, who is steem witness.
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That is good that notice these things, and know how to check them out.
Great work as usual :o)
It seems with time once you know how the system works and where to check, luckily we have many programs that allow transparency. I hope something will be done to make it difficult for such users.
Another proof that lies reign in the world.
Yes, people use the tricks in order to get more from it, if the system allows the temptation is always high!
Wow, this is some good investigative work @stef1!
Very good research in order to find fraud and abuse.
thanks.
Sometimes it makes me frustrated to see how many criminal energy people have. There are many who are honest and doing everything in correct manner but the same time there are many who like shortcuts.
That is great that notice these things, and skill to look at them.
Extraordinary work to the surprise of no one :o)
You know, this is my personal opinion, which does not pretend to be called an absolutely correct opinion :), but it seems to me that the race for comments does not bode well, it distracts from creating quality content. When two people with close interests, perhaps a reader and an author, discuss something, something that can create others, then this is useful, and a lot of laudatory comments that do not carry any constructive, this is ... how to say. ...well, you know, remakes of bad shows with cheap actors and cheap acting. My opinion, as they say in one saying, is a good spoon for dinner, and if you try to stick this spoon where you don’t get it all day, then this is no longer a tool for eating, but a splinter in the soft part. In short, comments either have to be sincere, or they don't have to be at all. Reply to praise with the word "thank you", this is normal, but if a person likes your work, then you can replace the word "cool" with a few words that will carry an understanding of what exactly he liked, otherwise, you are praised, and for what they praise, it is not clear. So, if the curators pay less attention to the comments, then there will be fewer people willing and temptations to make money in the wrong way.
You are still sifting out the cheaters. Well done@stef1🌿Happy Vacation🤗
I think this is not only two users. There are many users who joined steem SkillShare curation trail that is involved in vote forming and supporting ghost's accounts. I find some more accounts that is involved on vote forming and they are working on many communities but didn't know about this.
I found many active users account who involved in supporting these suspicious accounts. And all are joinned this trail.
https://steemit.com/hive-180106/@faran-nabeel/attention-please-remove-your-authorizing-from-steem-skill-share-curation-trail-they-are-involved-in-voting-forming