Variables

Flagging wrong doers

Upvoting non-wrong doers

Brain Time Cost

In a football match, the referee (Grumpycat), to discourage foul play (bidvote abuse), red cards (flags) the offender (wrong doer).

An open boot tackle from behind is a red card!

In so penalizing the wrong doer, the referee ideally does not have to waste time weighing the offence. The rules to be followed are preset, the penalty prescribed!

Accordingly, the brain time cost of punishing the 1 out of 22 players is less

The alternative would be that the referee (grumpycat), instead of red carding (flagging) the offending player (bidvote abuser), appreciates the non-fouling 21 players (those using the #iamnotusingthe xxxbot tag), with a keep-it-up white card!

Obviously he would have to spend a lot more time individually appreciating each of the 21 compliant players!

Even if the ref decided to appreciate only 2 or 3 out of the 21 non-fouling players, all of whom, by virtue of having played well (using the #iamnotusingthexxxbot tag), qualify, the ref (grumpycat) now has to examine player by player to determine who of the 21 qualifies for the white card! There are so many parameters to consider, since he needs to be fair and give each of the 21 non-fouling players a chance…..

Imagine the brain time cost!

Voting Power cost

Red carding the fouling player (bidvote abuser) takes him out of the game and allows the other payers to continue playing under agreed circumstances.

Given he is only one (the minority) out of 22 players on the pitch, the referee (grumpycat) will only have to lose one red card!

On the contrary, appreciating as many as 21 non-fouling players (compliant members) would mean that the referee has to part with as many as 21 white cards! That is how high the voting power cost would be

The result

Red carding (flagging) the fouling player (non grumpycat compliant) player, would discourage and take him out f the game, allowing the rest of the 21 players to continue playing under acceptable circumstances

It would also ensure that other players become more vigilant and play well, knowing that they will be penalized for foul play

In the same way, his team mates would be weakened, putting their team (of abusers) in that precarious position of losing the match! (the bidvote war)

This would take away attention from the bad players, giving them the freedom due to lack of scrutiny and attention, to foul others (continue bidvote abuse)

The danger is that, by the time the referee gets to pay attention to the offender, the foul would be so devastating that, a bigger injury would have happened (steemit affected).