@drpuffnstuff, This was a great read! I love the way you used, "No force can stop an idea who's time has come."
I have been thinking and speaking of that concept, but unable to articulate it well.
I believe that Steem is powerful, solves several real-world problems and has many user case situations.
I do use the bots and I am venturing into selling and delegating some of my stake. I don't see it as a negative. I've started to put money into the site in order to capitalize on this. Just last night I sent more steem in from my Bittrex account. The problem isn't the tools it is the bad actors in my opinion and our inability to agree on a way to monitor and handle them. Even Twitter and Facebook allow you to buy visibility.
Anyway, it was a great read and even where we disagree I respected your opinion and lack of drama or judgement.
I am really glad you are here on SteemIt.
Hey, even on minnowbooster I noticed that a lot of the people looking for delegation appeared to have good intentions, curating goals and etc.. so you delegating your power is helping them, and thats nothing to shake a stick at. You could just upvote your comments 100% on the 6th day like other people do. You are right about the bad actors, we just have to make sure as a community we dont let a few bad apples spoil the rest, but this place seems to have lots of people who have showed themselves to be spoil proof already, you are one of them! I am also glad to have you as a blockchain friend whatsup.