Well said @whatageek
Harmony and peace is what we need now on steemit for this platform to grow. Although we minnows are finding it hard to grow.
Imagine me putting 5hours in creating a quality post and ended up with a 0.02 upvote, it is discouraging and heart broken. Many friends of mine have quitted but i refused to hoping that one day luck and favour would shine on me.
I have no problem with self upvote or using bot because that is how the system works and I am happy people are progressing with the use of bot too. One day I will progress.