People have been paying voters to vote them into power for many years too, it doesn't make it right. For the record, I see the arguments for such actions a lot, but I wonder if you were in a voting booth for national elections, would you vote for the candidate who paie many people to vote for him? I think, regardless if he were Jesus Christ or the Dalai Lama, you and I would not vote for him or her. Unless the politics was so bad that we said 'okay, this was the only way for him to gain power - and we can firmly say, she or he we believe will do good when he gets there'- but it is a hard decision, right? Or another example, if you were dying and needed a surgeon, would you choose the one who paid for his medical degree and for many friends who keep him in business, or the one who earned it and lives a modest life?

I believe that there are many good people and they out number the unscrupulous people. Eventually, these abuses like paying to advance faster than others, will be illiminated eithger by a hardfork or by the platform dying away because people see it as a scam or the pool becomes so depleted because 'everyone is doing it so it must be ok' attitude.

I see your content is good. The type of writer I would prefer to bend my own rules and follow anyway. I wish you luck and I appreciate your honest answer. Take care.