As a humble minnow, I've joined this new platform mainly to share my art to fresh viewers, however, the idea of earning a few dosh is very appealing. But simply hardly anyone is seeing my artwork! I would prefer to grow my audience organically than superficially utilizing bots just for my own self-serving greed.
The clever clogs that are abusing the system for monetary gain, shame on them for blatantly and boldly putting two fingers up at this unique platform that was designed for bringing people from all walks of life sharing their interests and freedom to express themselves without censorship.
These bot-abusers are like lazy opportunist bank robbers taking advantage of lax security.
Here's a plan...why don't Steemit ban all bots altogether until they find a solid solution to combat this irksome problem.