Good news -
I just received a message from Jay through email saying "we can now remove the exact amounts found to be added by bots for all coins".
So I guess 80% is no more.
They will just remove the automated votes!
Nope. That's not what he told me. He will remove the automated votes in the future, but the
80% is fixed in stone for FACHere is an excerpt (the very last part) of my conversation with Jay, dev of Mintpal:
(This conversation depicts the attitude of Jay who runs Mintpal. A greedy, unresponsive piece of shit)
http://i.imgur.com/VvgXDP0.pngAnd then I asked him for a refund of my donation
http://i.imgur.com/84NFHve.pngI agree I was somewhat agressive, but man, he didn't want to share any thought on the 80% number. Fixed in stone. He didn't want to give me a # of bot votes (which I personally approximate to be less than 10K, for sure). I couldn't get anything out of him