> To any who are still not clear on this. The daily reward pool (not voting power) is what is really the issue here. The reward pool is - funnily enough - for distributing rewards. Are rewards something that you sell? No. That would be a purchase. Therefore, the reward pool is for rewarding.

That pretty much sums it up. Certain people have repurposed the reward pool to enrich themselves instead of rewarding others for contributing. That is what it is but they often use the irredeemably flawed analogy as if vote selling were merely a means of promotion or advertisement.

If it really were about advertisement, I have a recommendation to any vote buyer (this came to mind thanks to @freebornangel). It's quite simple.

Decline rewards.