If u read my last post, u will see the bidbots and @minnowbooster and @smartsteem and almost all others DO NOT GIVE MONEY for their users.

You are correct that they are not "giving money." But they are receiving money to upvote posts that "takes money" from the reward pool. This means that all the "real user" votes that we non-bidbot people get, are worth less.

I understand that it is part of the system, but that doesn't mean that those of us who don't use these services should like it.

It's a complicated issue, I know people that do use them that I have a lot of respect for, and then there are a whole bunch that I don't. I for one don't hate or even dislike those who do use them. But If it looks like rewardpoolr@pe I'm going to call it such.

Likewise If you have no issue with taking from others to self promote(all the while giving more money to the whales who delegate the SP empowering the bidbots), then go ahead and do it. But don't pretend that it's something that it's not, that's just cognitive dissidence.

You should be proud of the numbers that @transparencybot puts on your page, wear it like a badge. If you don't like it being there telling everyone how much of an upvote was purchased on your post... Well maybe reconsider using the bidbot services. Whatever you choose, go all in.