The way I see it, Steemit started transitioning away from being consumer based when voting bots and bid bots were introduced without some way of getting rid of them. Allow those bots to continue on and you essentially kill "Proof of Brain" and transit into "Proof of Bot Use".
Let's face it, if it were truly consumer based, then wouldn't it make more sense to have everything listed chronologically? Someone posts something new and it's at the top of the page BOOM done. Always fresh new content regardless of where the person is financially on steemit.
Would certainly as hell make it easier to find fresh, new content.
Well, bots are just the expression of the true value people see in this blockchain. It's money first, then reputation and good content last.
I don't blame the bots - they are just a symptom. This blockchain has to find ways to get rid of bad players like Bernie Sanders.
Since the focus of Steemit Inc is elsewhere, this won't happen.
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Perhaps, it's just disheartening to see a shitpost with no value receiving ... well actual value. And you and I already are on teh same page in that kind of regard.