That is exactly what happened but up until 3 minutes ago I was under the impression the @promoted account was more than just a bot. It is still super spammy and what you have said is what is happening exactly. I have recommended to the devs to increase minimum vote to $0.01

I thought @promoted was more central to the blockchain than just a bot so kind of feel stupid for overreacting a wee bit. Still will create a massive spam problem though