I hope you didn't understand my post as an accusation. At least that is not my intention. Thanks for writing and sharing your bot. I'm trying to set up one, but haven't succeeded yet. I also stated that autovoting does bring some value to steem, like you also described, and that it is inevitable.
What I was trying to say is, that it looks like autovoting (the fact that autovoting will certainly happen, not specifically your bot) will skew the results, and in the worst case this will become a reciprocal autovoting circle, which in the end only harms everyone long-term. I was wanting to hear other's opinnions about the phenomenom, and if they see it as a potential problem. So thanks for your reply!
It's also true what you say about the first payout. Things will become much more dynamic after that, but maybe the good writers can still be identified. We'll see.
I didn't see it as an accusation at all. I just thought I'd share my thoughts on the matter. You have to assume people will act in their best interest (maybe I thought I would obtain more rewards by sharing the bot than not, for instance), and to be upset that they are using all the tools at their disposal to 'play the game,' so to speak, of a well-defined system is silly, especially if you're the creator of the game.