It is a pity that all our tribe accounts are reflected in Steemit as I have set all posts and comments as "Decline Payout" because of the rash of new accounts in steemit, which have zero posts and comments (or at most one) so that they cannot be attackd in return, but who are doing nothing but attack real posters.

Keep in mind that NO new poster would know to do that, so it is obvious these are second (or more) accounts, made for this purpose by those who do not want us to be able to flag them in return.

I wish I was good at coding so that I could find out who the accounts belong to (not real life name, just their main accounts) so that I could reveal their secrets to all those they are attacking without reason. For instance, my last post, no bots, but I get attacked by some big shits and small accounts, so I pay for a bot to return my rewards to a positive amount (0.37 Steem cents) and STILL I get flagged again. This is out-of-control, but I am now convinced it is done so deliberately, they want to turn this platform into a reflection of their communist beliefs in the real world.

In other words, why are they doing this?

I think it is so that all those who are original material posters (in the real sense), give up and sell their SP to move away. Once they have knocked the price down to as close to 1c as possible, then they will push it up (even if only for a few days) so as to sell to those who get excited when they see prices rising. It is why I am not leaving. I will continue posting without accepting payout, while I drawdown most of my SP, so that I am ready to instantly cash in as soon as I can walk away with some money for all the work I put in.

I came to Steemit with a determination to help make Steemit a success. I was in love with the idea of being part of something so promising. For one and a half years I posted more than once daily with many comments and upvoting of others, but I found I was not getting any serious rewards and was stuck at a low Rep. I looked to see how the big Rep guys were 'making it' and saw they are using bid bots like Smartsteem (owned by realwolf). So, I emulated them, but I was already too late...they had made their big money by raping the pool and were high in Rep, so now it was time for them to stop us from following in their footsteps.

btw - the outright cheek of their not even trying to hide what they are doing? Guess who flagged me for NOT using a bid bot? Yes, look at my last posts and you'll see.... realwolf !!!! He's made money from me, but now he wants to make more from flagging me!