I think unfortunately for those who care about the platform, it'll die. It's the vessel for bigger things, and we are the guinea pigs. The currency will live on in it's current form and through SMTs I'm sure, but to the detriment of the platform. It's already been noticed that none of the founders of Steemit actively post here. What does that say about it? That they are Gods who created a world but do not want to live in it? Great! :P

The system is flawed for sure, but using a bot is basically the same as advertising. It's true some people will boost their absolute shite, or perhaps like me boost their work that could be interesting to some but isn't mind blowing stuff either. Without bots upvoting me, my work is not seen. By using them intelligently I've been able to turn over a tiny profit which I hope will grow as the currency value goes up. As with advertising, you are able to put your product or content infront of a lot of people, for money. And the people can then decide if they want to vote on it or whatever, you still have the choice, but the author has made themselves a little sum of money ontop without your support. Why does that matter?

So, what does everyone expect? This isn't a charity website and people wanna get paid. It's here so we can continue creating content, as people did before on other platforms, but the content has a value now, a motive.

In conclusion. Fuck it. I love how the criticisms usually come from people who are doing something similar themselves, is it jealousy? Who knows. Anyway, it's a shame it all comes to this.

I would say Steem on, but probably just don't if it annoys you so much? There's a big world outside of Steemit and it's way waaaaaaaay cooler out there trust me.