what many people don't even realize is that the steemit.com front-end is basically a bot (ie. it talks to the STEEM blockchain via API, just as any other BOT would), so there's really no way to "stop bots", without impeding STEEMIT as well. In fact, when many of the slightly annoying features you do come across (ie. waiting for 30 minutes after a post goes live to get full curation reward, wait 3 seconds between votes, wait 20 seconds between comments), are all meant to "control bots". Of course, as you can see, all these "features" affect STEEMIT.com as well.
Regarding your friend, the best I can say is to keep stressing...
- FREE, FAST, and EASY to setup.
- Earn $$REAL MONEY$$ within your FIRST WEEK of POSTING!
Excellent points @alexpmorris, man it's often easy to forget how useful our bot friends are! Glad you added to the perspective.
Oh and thanks very much for the emphasis on getting new users signed up! I know for sure she'll be looking at this post now and with her following I'm sure she'll do well for herself as well as help spread the word of steemit! :)
and don't forget to mention the 20 cents we each received for each other's comments alone! :D
Haha yes indeed! :)
@alexpmorris, said it all, however i will like to add that steemit is a community, you communicate with people, interact on facts, know things that are outside your field and lastly earn rewards for helping each other stand tall in whatever they blog.