Can we take a moment to talk about @smackdown.kitty?

So... been researching a bit... and apparently a couple of guys on here have decided to make themselves the self appointed police of self-voting. Amusingly enough, calling those who self-vote arrogant... after declaring themselves judge, jury and executioner.

https://steemit.com/steem/@l0k1/introducing-smackdown-kitty

Frankly, this is more offputting than anything I've encountered here... including the flat-earther antivaxxer nutcases.

It's essentially an automated troll bot for people who use the platform according to the rules of what is allowed, but not how THESE guys want it to be allowed. Who the fuck do you think YOU are? Don't like self voting? Don't self-vote.

But to work on denying other people their rewards based on your personal definition of what is/isn't "appropriate behavior" is as absurd as having a downvote bot troll every nsfw post because you don't agree with porn.

What makes this even MORE entertaining/absurd is that the two guys behind it: @l0k1 and @personz, the first one just rage quit because people was being not nice to him... and given his self-appointing hall monitor mentality, it's no wonder he has trouble making friends. And the second... oh man... the second. This is the dude who MADE and RELEASED FOSSbot... a fucking autovote bot. He's punishing people for self-voting, becuse it "provides no information about quality" and is then publishing a bot for people to use to vote on posts based on set factors that have zero to do with quality. The audacity on that guy...

Anyway, be on the look out, because despite l0k1's rage quit:

The stupid bot seems to still be operating. Presumably under the power of @personz hypocrisy engine [clearly what he should name his bot API].

This is the sort of shit that makes me want a block button. To put trolls like this down.

(And damn right I just self voted this fucking post... eat dick.)