I joined Steemit because of the possibility of earning from writing if I could create content that people valued.
I'm not tech savvy and I don't understand what bots are or how they work but that they enable content creators to buy votes to boost their own work is, frankly, a form of corruption.
It is an abuse of value, the genuine value of posts as voted by Steemians. It undermines the integrity of the platform.
Integrity feeds trust. Communities depend on trust if they are to grow. Trust feeds on accountability and fairness. Greed destroys trust. Greed destroys communities.
I'm a newbie who's trying to figure out how Steemit works. The little I've seen so far is, mostly, incredible and inspiring. There are amazing communities being set up here that are going to have far reaching impact on the world as we know it.
It would be a shame if this amazing platform is allowed to disintegrate because of a few people's greed.
And that's worries me in terms of Steemit. When these so called "rich guys" spend 100's of sbds to buy votes, they reap most of the rewards from the bots.
They would only make the bid bots stronger and compete against other "rich guys" for the money. By bidding more and more. - Ultimately, we would have extremely wealthy and powerful bots, rich people still being rich and poor people would leave.