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You don't have to use bots, using bots is the equivalent of cheating, you want to cheat because cheating gives more gains than playing fair, which is what cheating will always do, and it's not the fault of the game that it's hard, it's only the players that make the game enjoyable or not, fair or not.

It is more difficult to get audience this days without bid bots.
Until the whales and dolphins look for a way to retain quality contents .

Personally for me it hasn't been easy on the platform and I am very active and also have quality contents but no audience.
Tell me if I have the money wont I use bid bots?

You are right about that though
It is not easy as a minnow
To get noticed is difficult and that's why some use bidbots but there is a better way to get noticed without bidbots of course.

Although, that takes a lot of sacrifice 😎

What's the better way?
You think commenting?
My dear you might comment all the way and yet most people won't Upvote you nor comment.
Steemit is now business. If you can't put money then get out that's what steemit is telling us.
I hate that fact so much

This is exactly what is wrong with the game: every single person that thinks in terms of profit and pandering to get paid. It might seem novel but you could also do it simply because you like to comment, you like to talk and share your ideas and you like to help and encourage others.

Personally I don't even have enough funds to use bid bots but I don't condemn those using it.
You know why?
If you, the whales, the dolphins and everyone else are playing their part i.e curating quality post and supporting minnows with great content then this would not be happening.

Do you know what it is to be among the new people on this platform with over 1 Million users? No matter how good your post is, it gets buried in less than 5Mins.
Do you know what it is to spends hours writing and preparing a post just to get 0 Upvote?
Personally I spend roughly $30 at times in less than 20 days to buy internet data without getting even up to $1at the end of the month.
You say this because maybe you came in big or maybe lucky to get the audience you have now. There are others with better post with less than half of what you have...

NOTE: I strictly condemn the abuse of Bid bots but this message is a wake up call to everyone to start curating quality post and supporting minnows with no audiences but have quality post because that's the only way steemit can survive. I care about steemit so much and its my goal to promote it all over my community.
Thanks for understanding.

I hope this message will stir us to do better and help promote steemit.

It's happening because people cheat and reason that it's ok because it's 1 million people here, and everyone else had it easy or they are in it simply to make money. Yeah, luck has a lot to do with it, but then again luck doesn't mean it's pouring it out of the sky. If you feel entitled to attention, go ahead and buy your attention, it won't give you the proper attention but it's not like you care about whose attention you're getting or why and how.

So what do you think its the way forward to stopping this abuse from your perspective?

Point out the abuse, condemn it. It might never stop but we can drive it into some deep and dark recess and not let it waltz around like they own the place.