I never considered that many of the bot owners or supporters are witnesses.
I know several of them are engaged in flagging and antispam and have blacklist and whitelist support. Others seem more focused on development and may have a laisse faire philosophy like users will take care of themselves.
That being said, targeting witness votes of witnesses who ignore the greater good by taking them off proxy lists or even adding this as a negative point in witness reviews is still important.
I know they are busy doing many things and may not want to take sides, but if someone has a solid suggestion that is backed by a lot of honest users, maybe they will change their ways.
It seems like a lot of people are here to maximize revenue and some are teaming up to do it better. Nothing fundementally wrong here. These people will only stop if it becomes unprofitable. Harming the greater good should be made to be unprofitable. I would support a fair approach towards this. Target the worst and keep raising the bar.

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