Yes there was and it greatly interfered with editors ability to function in pubs that support a large number of writers. So in doing an easy fix, they opened up the door to the content mills. Reaction with proactive thinking. Now that they cloned Buster, maybe Medium will do better than playing whack a mole. You might enjoy this funny poem I wrote upon seeing that he had been cloned. https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/catch-us-if-you-can-bf087354e4a5