I've been questioning myself something for quite a long time and since I've seen it happening with a recent blog again too, I decided to create this blog about it.
Maybe one of you can tell me what it is...
The thing is, I've been getting some upvotes. I'm not complaining about the upvotes itself. I like my posts getting upvoted 😀
But the upvotes that I'm receiving are from accounts I don't know. Hivers I never came across on Hive. And that while I've been around for quite a few years already.
I also noticed a certain pattern with all these accounts which made me even more curious...
A couple of facts:
- The upvotes happened around the same time, more than a day after publishing my post.
- They upvote about the same percentage (9 or 10)
- All accounts have a reputation of 25
- None of the accounts have a a profile image or any other info in their profile
- The account names look a bit Asian to me
- They all aren't following a single other hiver
- They have published no blogs themselves
- And with a few exceptions they also didn't publish any comments
- I can't find any outgoing transactions on these accounts
- They do claim their curation rewards regularly
- The accounts are all over a year old, ranging from may 2023 to february 2024
Here is the list of accounts that I have found.
| user | upvote% | upvote | reputation | blogs | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @otsoak | 10% | $0.044 | 25 | 0 | 2 (from 2023) |
| @shayaiykram | 9% | $0.056 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| @silingsi | 9% | $0.069 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| @zhaoyiseng | 9% | $0.063 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| @ukulima | 9% | $0.074 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| @soumaren | 9% | $0.072 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Again, I'm not complaining about the upvotes. I appreciate every upvote I receive. But it does seem a bit strange to me. I somehow get the impression that these accounts are all operated by the same user. I've checked the activities of two of them and you draw your conclusion; some of them (not all) are upvoting the same posts. |
But why would someone have multiple accounts to upvote the same content, don't interact with others and do keep collecting interest.
If one of the accounts is active, please let me know. I'm quite curious 😀
And if someone else has an explanation. Feel free to share it in the comments!
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