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I believe those whale bid bots being used to upvote mediocre content need to be countered with a flag bot if possible. Steem needs a new hero. I thought it was going to be Bernie until I noticed he started randowhale back after he had went on the attack against another bid bot which seemed very promising.

An extremely powerful anti-bid bot may be able to save this platform but current design makes that a difficult solution due to how much SP bid bots accumulate.

For the record, when I was new to Steemit, I was fooled into using bid bots by what I now believe to be faulty logic. Something didn't sit right and now I neither self-vote or use bid bots. Something just feels real greasy about it. It's like playing competitive sports and everybody is juicing up. I'm not going to do it just because everybody else is even they are poised to gain through leveraging such tactics. This had served as a major deterrent from my investing in this platform to the degree I otherwise would have and do not think I am alone. It's just sad the way this place has gone.

@anthonyadavisii: Very interesting explanation about bots. I have seen them too, but something ridiculous too: Human calling themselves Bots.

Regarding Bidding for Upvotes is like believing that if I give some one 1 cent, I will get back $100. My mind is not used to that kind of magic logic.

My Philosophy on Uptvoting is burning Voting Power to those whose ideas impact my mind regarding my learning of the Steemit Blockchain and the execution of my work. Be a single line, 5, 10 or 20.

HOW CAN YOU THINK THIS IS QUALITY CONTENT? @BERNIESANDERS ONLY SELLS VOTES AND CRYPTOKITTIES AND HE THINKS HE DESERVES MORE? LMAO LOOK AT WHAT @HAEJIN HAS DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.... HE ALSO HAS A TWITTER FOLLOWING OF 13,000 PEOPLE OF WHICH THOUSANDS HAVE JOINED STEEMIT JUST FOR HIM. THE MORE PEOPLE THAT JOIN STEEMIT THE MORE UPVOTES THAT ARE AVAILABLE - FROM REAL PEOPLE NOT ROBOTS LIKE @BERNIESANDERS AND HIS 60 BOTS... YOUR AGREEING WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT @HAEJIN HAS DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE - THAT IS JUST PLAIN DUMB.... CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO AT LEAST LOOK AT WHAT @HAEJIN HAS DONE (AFTER YOU LOOK AT THIS LINK HOW CAN YOU EVEN COMPARE @BERNIESANDERS AND @HAEJIN - @HAEJIN IS BRINGING ABOUT 25 TO 50 NEW STEEMIT MEMBERS A DAY WITH LOVE, PEACE AND PROSPERITY - THIS @BERNIESANDERS IS A FRAUD AND IS STEALING MONEY FROM STEEMIT MEMBERS WITH HIS BOTS. HE ALSO CENSORS ANYONE HE DOES NOT AGREE WITH. DONT BE A FOOL, AT LEAST DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND GET TO KNOW @HAEJIN, WATCH ONE OF HIS VIDEOS, AT LEAST CLICK THE LINK.) @ BERNIESANDERS IS NOTHING BUT A TALENTLESS FRAUD THAT WILL END UP RUINING THIS PLATFORM ONCE HE MILKS IT FOR ALL HE CAN.

https://steemit.com/haejin/@crypto-bot/kabooms-haejin-legendary-calls-stats-here