there is a bot war brewing. Some bots are down voting, others are upvoting. The best bot will be the one than can trick the most people into upvoting it. That means it is likely a very smart AI and is probably adding value.
In the future the interface will allow you to block bots you do not wish to see.
wow. there is really so much complexity behind the scenes these days that it muddles up the real picture. blocking of bots would be a great feature to have