Thanks for a really fair description.

The bidbots are a tool.

If they are being abused it is the responsibility of the end users to curate up and down.

Yes, I do wish the owners would contribute to that clean up and curation effort.

At the end of the day it is on the stakeholders.

I like your model. DRAMA also uses an upvote to the CURATOR (who has eyes on the site) So, I understand the difference.