If they are alts, then they are abusing Merit too:
jemarleon sent Merits to 1993jochicohttps://bpip.org/smerit.aspx?from=jemarleonhttp://loycevsbasement.privatedns.org/Merit/history/1730377.htmlSat Mar 3 13:24:44 2018: 1 to 1993jochico (history) for deleted post
Sat Mar 3 13:19:03 2018: 2 to 1993jochico (history) for Five reasons 2018 could be the best year yet for cryptocurrencies.
1993jochico sent a Merit to jemarleonhttps://bpip.org/smerit.aspx?from=1993jochicohttp://loycevsbasement.privatedns.org/Merit/history/1807652.htmlWed Mar 14 03:33:04 2018: 1 to jemarleon (history) for Re: Introduce a "Up vote & Down vote" system instead of the "Merit" system
By the way, this should be on Reputation board.