Damn been a while since I posted this, seems like it has all become a reality a year and a half later. Now I actually see link removal services, lol.
And I thought comment spam is safe..Three of my sites got hit too and did not recover at all despite using naked urls, generics etc. From top ranking to nowhere now.
You guys need to understand the difference between "causation and correlation" before jumping to conclusions.
Build sites for humans, not bots and flourish!