@acidyo & @ocdb after much research into posts regarding the recent downvotes, I believe I understand the why. I guess my problem was the aggressive approach you guys took without so much as a warning. Of course, not sure if most would've heeded it if they've been botting for a while now.

This platform is important to me and I'd like for it to be sustainable so I won't use bidbots, but I'd like to ask if there is a way of promoting my content without upsetting the applecart. Since I don't expect most of my posts to get curated, I'd appreciate an alternative/acceptable option so as to still gain votes and followers without curation.