Thanks @shello for bringing these points up. 

Unfortunately, in my view, @earthnation is no different from the spam bots and follow-for-follow beggars I see every day at Steemit and Steemit Chat. Those bots make no effort to conceal themselves, and their true intent is obvious at first glance.

But with @earthnation, things have been concealed with some kind of "effort" to help grow Steem, or spread Steem to some 20 million "followers". It's a problem that these kinds of pleas can get so many votes to boost them onto the Trending page.

@berniesanders, when you're through with @earthnation, thank you for paying attention and taking action when it matters.