Hello friend. When you remove people who run bidbots and those who are at the centre of circle jerks, is there anyone left? My own take on it is, it's far better to pay ones way to the top rather than opening one's legs to get a circle vote (excuse my harshness). There are also people who do take care with which accounts their bots are upvoting - they run blacklists carefully and as fairly as possible - and they are involved with communities - I can mention to you and your friends, @enginewitty, and @poetsunited just two witnesses involved in community and curation (with small bots supporting those communities).
I will vote for you as soon as you return to the witness effort (holding thumbs) - because your passion and integrity seem obvious to me from the video.
Take care and enjoy the summer.
Thank you Oneazania, I will not become a witness unless Bitbots and the witness system are reworked.
Steem to me seems like a social experiment "Can people form a government here? Will tyrants rule? The answers are obvious to people who know how life works.
The ones with the most power will rule, and who has the most power is reflected in their Steem Power value. Depending on the person we will either have a shit system, or a good system.
It is up to the kings what Steem will become.