Yes, I know the argument that bidbots prevent quality undiscovered content from surfacing.

From my point of view there are two different paths of growth one can choose from (if you don't come with a whale account from the start):

• the long one, which excludes bidbots
• the medium-long one, which includes bidbots

I have never used bots for promoting my content, so I guess I took the longer path. But I understand those who want to make an impact sooner. For me, it is of utmost importance what they do with their growing influence, not if they use bots to grow or not.

I've also said it numerous times. For me it doesn't exist the Trending (or even the Hot) pages. It exists my Feed and when I have time, the New posts, targeted on a particular tag. But Trending page exists for other people, otherwise there wouldn't be such a fight to get there.