Whats to stop people from just up voting eachother's stories?

in upvote •  7 years ago 

Noob here with a few questions. If people wanted to couldn't they just start doing upvotes for upvotes to make money on steemit? when one upvote a story and the creator gets steem is that coming out of thin air?Or when you upvote are you actually sending them some of your steem?

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