This is how I imagine @smooth's proposal visualized... and a little bit tweaked ;)
y0 = first voter reward
y1 = latest voter reward
x = time
bots would found at y0 position and the best humman curators at the top of the parabola !
PS bots should not shutdown (they still are valuable)... just let the human's get rewarded better for their efforts!
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orig: https://i.imgsafe.org/fe709b3037.jpg desc: hash: QmRDXEaVSekJnuuj8GSQw4LL9C8hLBFhCanGbmZXd4Usoc/fe709b3037.jpgI don't think it would be too different to program a bot to circumvent this. You just delay the bot placing the vote until the reward period starts.