The moment those bots are being used for what they claim to be, and once people can't buy "trending" status because the ads are placed where they belong... things change.

Who will buy STEEM?
Content producers have a fancy way of attracting advertisers. REAL advertisers. Not these dope dealing vote junkies. Advertisers can buy STEEM and pay us, the content producers, to run ads on our blogs. That turns into being a huge win. Not just for those fortunate enough to have blogs that generate ad revenue either. Everyone.

If people say they don't want ads, then I'll just simply point at the promotion bots and paid programming on the trending page and ask, "What's that?" .... It's too late, the place has ads, that's a fact, can't change that unless the promotion bots go away.

If people would learn how advertising works, they'd be earning instead of paying. Unfortunately, many here are new to the entertainment industry. They have no idea how things actually operate. They treat their blogs like a facebook post, because that's all they know. Content consumers attempting to be content producers, scratching their heads, wondering why they're not getting paid.

People would want to buy STEEM in order to create and moderate communities, possibly, so they too can generate ad revenue as well as curation rewards for their efforts.

Many crypto enthusiasts don't understand how the entertainment industry works either. The entertainment industry generates billions of dollars per year. If people would only realize the true potential of this place, they'd quickly realize many investors from the crypto world aren't needed for the place to function and thrive as intended.

Once the entertainment industry gets involved and starts making money here, why wouldn't the investors want a piece of that action?