I lurk in the shadows.
I read your comments, check your wallets, I look to see if you're purchasing votes.
I don't know whether to be terrified or comforted by this XD fortunately I can be both.
Is it just bidbots you're mad about or is this extending to things like voting trails and community bots too?
I won't upvote posts if there's bidbots I recognise on the list. Last year I cleared out repeat offenders, haven't had to do that this year yet as most of my follows seem to have had enough and left.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
It's mostly those promoting junk for profit, which hurts the actual content producers, making them leave. I've been saying it for years. Actual curation, whatever. I removed most of the vote buyers from my list as well. Especially the artists, because I had been supporting them with massive votes, and they were using that money to buy votes and make my work invisible, then coming here and being friendly with me. That's what a broken heart feels like, I guess.
I'd run screaming but I don't think that would help so I'll just sit here and hope I don't get noticed XD
I do remember you talking about this kind of stuff previously. And oof that's rough, I think I would have done similar.