I gave you my vote and saw your rep go from 42 to 43. It's not much, but every bit helps. Hopefully Dan will see this and correct it. I can understand the frustration with bots and down flagging them to help users on the network, and I could maybe even see not liking replies which don't add much value to the conversation, but I don't see that as worth a flag which can completely change someone's experience on Steemit. I wrote a post yesterday on how to improve your reputation which you may appreciate. Good luck on your journey and once again, thank you @smooth: you're like Tron fighting for the users. :)