Lately, I noticed that I have been receiving some Downvotes on some of my posts. Receiving downvotes is always a bit disappointing but I always try to reach out to the person who downvoted me and ask what I did wrong so that I can rearrange myself.

Imagine my surprise when I saw that those were Steemcleaners Bot Accounts, at least they were pretending to be.

Since I didn't know that these were Fake accounts I did the next logical thing, which was to head to the Steemcleaners Discord Page so that I could sort things out. I didn't even need to ask someone as I found a Notification stating that there are fake accounts claiming to be Steemcleaners Bot and Downvoting Users.

Alas, I was a bit relieved. Moreover, the bots had no Voting weights so they were not making any dent on my Reputation or my Payouts. But later on thinking it thoroughly I found out that it were the Minnows who were getting Bullied.

First of all getting a Downvote is a bit traumatizing for a newbie. I do remember mine and how frantic I was. Then again a Minnows Payouts are not a whole lot so downvotes from ten of those Bots could hurt them a lot.

Now here is where I get a little pissed.

Why are the Authorities not doing anything?

There are several things that they could do to stop such activities. For example, start a KYC based signup for New Users so that they cannot create Multiple accounts. I know this will take up some resources but I believe that will be worth it.