Even if those weren't alts it's a confirmed abuse of the merit system. And the web of alts is much bigger:
colacat1111 got 49 merit from allowance1219 for this post:
I also think Binance is a good exchange for trading altcoins though it is not an old and experienced exchange. I know there will one coin listed for free every month. I advice the dev team to submit ask for getting list and the community can vote for that.
You can clearly see that this gibberish isn't worth 49 merit. But it keeps getting better:
allowance1219 got:
40 from helloge and 30 from pigheadbig for:
That is true, ASCH is one of the memers of Guiyang sandbox plan and also a member of Zhejiang Blockchain Association. You can find more information by searching the Internet. Recently, the Chinese government is busy with its "Two Conferences" that there is no more updates from this cooperation.
A quick forum search leads us to:
Ban those MOFO's!
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