Hey Steve! :-)
Well IMO we can’t blame anyone using bit bots in order to promote their content / increase their stake as long as we don’t present any other creative ways how to gain attention / generate passive income on Steem.
Money usually flows in the direction of value, and curation is simply not lucrative enough from today’s standpoint.
You and I we are on a different track, since we love to engage. But in the same manner people can’t expect from us to be radically monetary-driven, we can’t expect them to be more community-oriented.
We won’t ever change people, only algos.
As long as there are no different investment opportunities, I’ll be chilling and let them all just be ;-)
Happy weekend to you!!
xxx Marly