If those bid votes become a requirement to get noticed, then this place will probably die because new users would not be able to receive some interaction unless they are willing to bet on those bots.
A rudimentary solution would be to increase the amount of manual curation. Increase the size and the delegations to groups like @ocd @curie @cervantes and others.
This place should not become a pay-to-win site. This will kill the original idea of "blog and get paid" to "pay and get comments" which is totally different.
PS: I would like to know about which books or movies do you recommend?