Can you solve the problem then of posts by big whales get into trending just by self voting amongst themselves then? I agree bid bots are abused a lot, but it is also the only way an minnow who produce good content get noticed. I think it is unfair just to blindly down vote anyone who uses Bidbots without actually looking at their content.
To be clear I also agree that 800 dollars on a crap introductory post that takes 2 minutes to spit out is bulls shit. However, I saved up my earnings from my last two weeks to promote my post which I took a week to edit. I don't think the quality of my work is any less than the posts that are getting the same amount right now. Yet mine got down voted just because I paid for my own my advertisement. I don't think that is fair.
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!