I wish you much success with your witness, @chbartist! I see it as a positive for the community to have another "community oriented" witness in the mix.
Whereas I was never a fan of bid bots, I can see their purpose when used to promote content that has authentic value to the world, but most often they seem to have been (mis)used by those using low quality content to simply fuel their usage of Steem as a glorified "cash machine," while primarily making the bot owners rich and everyone else poorer. And the ones who are simply using Steem as a "cash machine" are also the ones you mention who keep selling their Steem and thus putting downward pressure on the price.
But no mind — much success to you!
Bright Blessings!