You might feel cool to call me out and act as I'd be a bad person for my opinions. But you should stick to the facts. I don't claim anything here, I'm just thinking over real consequences in an open-minded way.
So now talking about reality, barely a single word you wrote down makes any sense when really thought through.
Social media is information shared between people, and various platforms exist that enable people to indicate how they relatively value information by voting.
Social Media is just the name we gave platforms, where people can create media for one another. Facebook and Google value upvotes and downvotes often the very same way because they just care about engagement.
Only on Steem is that value purchasable overtly by buying votes.
No - just total nonsense. Where is that coming from? There is not a single big Media Outlet (including Social Media) where you can't get featured for money. Where is that even coming from?
So, are you claiming the power to buy what society values? Because that's what you're defending.
I want you to remember Newtons first law:
"Every body persists in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight forward, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by force impressed."
Yes. I want people to be able to spend FIAT money (value) to push their content on STEEM to higher value. Bid bots are a way to do that, nothing wrong with that part of the system. If STEEM would be a place on an island with no connection to the outer world, then you'd maybe be right. But it isn't, and if it would be - we both might not be here anyway, so let's not be hypocritical.
I think beyond your nonsense, I get what you really wanna say and I just disagree - it's fine.