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Wait until you read my article about their dirty past!
https://steemit.com/crypto/@cryptofinancial/bad-people-in-crypto
bi5shop , please re-steem my post

Hi. I will read it. If it lines up with what I know, I will be very happy to give you an update and a resteem
Also, I'm going to look into what happened to your reputation. If these scammers did this to you, I will use what little influence I have to help you try and restore it. This risk is what I fear I am also now exposed to. I just have faith that some whales will take notice at some point, then come in and set things right. Just hang tough.

I was inexperienced at the beginning and copy pasted two articles i found online, without referring to the original author. But now i am trying to get it back up but it seems impossible.

The best way I know how to raise your reputation is to have good interactions with other Steemians and get upvotes - and it's best by commenting on other people's posts, in an intelligent way. Not just saying, "Hey, man! Nice Post!" There's plenty of stuff on here, so just stick to commenting on topics you like - what you do & what you know about. It takes time. Always make an attempt to credit other people for anything that you copy/paste. The best content is original content that you come up with on your own.

Also, go and talk to steemcleaners on their own terms. I believe they do have a way of granting you an appeal and reversing your reputation drop if you can convince them you didn't know any better, were wrong, and your behavior has changed for the better. IDK how that all works but, if you haven't tried that yet, it would definitely be worth a couple of hours' work on your part.

Yeah. They sound good. They sound all happy and positive. But, something set off my B.S. detector - they were just putting their info. out there for free, and it was showing results that were way too good to be true. It's up to everyone on SteemIt to keep this place clean and protect it for the new users.

What these guys are doing is criminal. There is no other word for it.