The point is, that SBI guarantees revenue to those who 'invested'. The creation of more STEEM through upvoting content is a form of revenue generation ('mining' the STEEM blockchain).

@josephsavage, @dirge, If this, then one can't really say that we are purchasing upvotes because it is an investment into one upvote that gets better as one invests more into it. Would agree or disagree or other?

It isn't the same as a bid-bot which promised many upvotes, most of which were little to no value and, I think, most lost money on that.

Glad that your here, @dirge. 8-)