I am one of the friends he's referring to, can confirm we do this LOL
I also feel this is a problem that needs to be addressed. I see people with like hundreds of upvotes on every post, regardless of quality (tho they are quite high quality to get popular in the first place) and i see other people posting similar content with barely any recognition.

If you're one of those people or just wanna help the little guys out upvote and resteem this post!!