We always had paid votes. It was just done behind the scenes. Bid bots allow that to be open and transparent. If you silence bot use you will shove these votes back into private channels and that's bad for the network. Then it won't be who has money controls trending it will be who has money and is connected so it will be a narrower group of people.
My point is that don't blame bid bots. Blame HF19 and linear rewards. If we're going to stick with linear rewards let's get everyone a down vote pool to keep spam, circle jerks and shit posts from getting rewarded.
I know I've been attacked for buying trending, but to be clear I've lost money on many of the bid bots I did knowningly because I was trying to support a community event.
"Bid bots allow that to be open and transparent. If you silence bot use you will shove these votes back into private channels and that's bad for the network. Then it won't be who has money controls trending it will be who has money and is connected so it will be a narrower group of people."
I concur, and your comment should be top comment on this post.
Elitism always hates the light.
This is really about a monopoly (Steemit whales) kicking out the little guys like any other big corporation, they are protecting their interests. How else do you think this self appointed gestapo account manages to get $200-$700 for his crappy posts? It's a whale club, they vote among themselves and won't let the small fish play. The only thing you can do is power down and let these scammers fall on their own weight. I can't wait to see the prosecutions!