The bots wouldn't be here if it wasn't profitable to rent SP with Steem.
At the prices though, it's tough to make a profit without voting for yourself or selling votes.
With Steem at it's current price to SBDs, I think now is as good a time as any to rent though :)
Yep. Do you think it would change by setting the acceptable percentage? If one cannot vote 100%, they may create a new account and move the upvote business there. Maybe I'm just too pessimistic about this issue.
It's likely other accounts would be created I think. These can be harder to spot for sure.
It can be quite a downer to think about, that's why we also have plenty of uplifting posts to read too!