I find it interesting that such a long, time-consuming response gets just a 6-cent upvote, yet a 5 or 6 word response can garner an up-vote of almost $10. Here is someone pouring their heart out into what they see as affecting the platform and suggesting a shift in mindset. I believe @ghulammujtaba is doing EXACTLY what this platform was designed to do (share ideas and stimulate discussion around those ideas), yet there is not a lot of 'gifting' going on to appreciate his/her thoughts and time.

I encourage everyone to examine their own voting attitude and reward those who actually participate in the social part of this platform. Although my vote is worth very little, I will up-vote to show my appreciation of the effort expended on the reply.

Also, to contribute to the discussion above regarding the stopping of the bots: As it currently stands, there are too many people that still believe the bots are helping the minnows (or are grabbing too much of the pie to want it to stop). It will take a while for people to realize that these vote-buying bots are NOT helping the platform and are actually a part of the problem. There are good bots that don't sell votes, so stopping all bots is not the solution either. I believe it is a mindset thing that needs to be shifted and those with the huge SP need to begin using some of that SP to down-vote these vote-selling bots when they see them being used (probably easier to down-vote the people purchasing votes for themselves) which is like voting on your own comments. When the gains are nullified, there will be no more reason to make or use the vote-buying bots and we can get back to the social side of this platform.

That's my 2 cents worth and if you disagree, please explain why. Let's get this conversation going and see what we can do together to make this place the best it can be.