A peculiar pattern by jacobtothe

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flag · @jacobtothe ·
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A peculiar pattern
I have noticed in the past couple days that a number of my comments have been downvoted by a quartet of odd accounts, and their voting behavior is most peculiar.

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Check out their voting histories here:

- @atempt: https://steemd.com/@atempt
- @stimialiti: https://steemd.com/@stimialiti
- @fersher https://steemd.com/@fersher
- @slowgrow: https://steemd.com/@slowgrow

There is definitely something fishy about these accounts. Fortunately, their fishiness is at the minnow level. I support flagging spam comments, but these seem to be targeting real engagement, and their level of collusion is downright bizarre. Does anyone know who might be running these accounts?
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@bearbear613 ·
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it's the same with upvotes towards me.. just out of nowhere strange accounts voting. Even flags.. must be test bots.
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@jacobtothe · (edited)
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I have been getting some consistent upvotes for months from a couple people who seem to have set up targeted votebots. I remember when there was a plague of 1% upvote bots hitting absolutely every new post trying to game the system. I hope they don't return, or get a vindictive rewrite.
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@bearbear613 · 
not a fan of bots .. although at one point I made a lot from them. Now it's back to penny earnings lol
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@freebornangel · 
They are all the same person, i think.
You should ask him whats up?
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@jacobtothe ·
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When I first noticed this, I don't think there had been any recent comments by any of them. Now it looks like there may be someone who might respond...
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@freebornangel ·
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I've talked to stimialiti, he's ok.
He likes to fight abuse, i hope y'all get it worked out.
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