One should expect that if something can be done, it will be done. People like Bernie and Grumpycat are trying to enforce "unwritten rules" which tend to be selectively enforced.

If voting bots are bad, change the code to prohibit them.
If self-upvoting is bad, change the code to prohibit it.
If "X" is bad, well then change the code.

I appreciate their desire to keep the platform clean and viable, I just believe they are going about it the wrong way.