The problem with VOTE BUYING and the ABUSE OF BOTS is..: It simply eliminates the need to create GOOD CONTENT, no matter in which category..: "Hey, I can buy some votes, then why to waste my time for writing anything that really matters" - I've just seen almost twenty (20) posts from the SAME STEEMIT MEMBER and these "posts" are all identical, they contain the SAME TEXT CONTENT (like a "Lorem Ipsum" dummy text), and they earned at least $20 SBD for each post. What is the purpose of creating content if one is able to buy votes or abuse bots? Is this place worth to create rich/useful/relevant content, OR, the tricksters will always win here? If these "CONTENT KILLING" practices gain more and more ground, soon this place will turn into a garbage dump for USELESS CONTENT that earns money by pure EXPLOITATION. So, I don't care if "buying votes" or "abusing the bots" are identical to buying ad places for TV or Facebook, and that has nothing to do with our conversation here. The problem is, is STEEMIT a garbage dump for useless content (and that useless content exists because it's possible to earn money here by exploiting the system, so you don't need to create GOOD CONTENT here, you only need to buy votes and bots), OR a place where RELEVANT, RICH CONTENT MATTERS.