@freedom account has delegated all his SP in order to earn interest on his money. I'm guessing a lot of the bots are using his SP and pay him in return.
I am kind of concerned about this platform. If things continue like this I really doubt that it will last a lot longer, I believe someone will do a better job and replace it. However I don't think that the whales care too much abou that, they made tons of money so the heck of it. At least some of them.
I think there are many variables and as an experiment, it is probably a success. I am all for self-voting if you have the power, but they should have stopped and thought for a moment on efficient ways to counter abuse of power, you cannot say that people will govern themselves, I sincerely feel that humans are not a species capable of this without there being some source of fear that no matter their power they will fear the wrath of.
Probably why all justice systems are such a shit show but that is beside the point. People who abuse power are no better than a mob who demand without compromise, they all feel they are owed, I like to call it poor mans mentality.