to CLARIFY the reason WHY you have been put on the bot list:
You have been producing QUALITY, VALUABLE content.
I recognized that from the first posts of yours I saw, and was supporting them with my upvotes. You've proven you're an asset to the community, and such have reaped the rewards - while also being held accountable to continuing producing such quality content and serving well with the opportunity you've been granted.
and as was referred to in another comment with the reverse-crabbucket dynamic... with the higher rewards you're earning, you now have the opportunity to pay it forward by supporting those under-recognized authors you come across. you also have the opportunity to do some curation posts - like a "Top 10 Rising Stars / Top 10 Must-Read Underdog Posts Of The Week" type thing, helping using the spotlight shone on you to direct attention to where you feel it is well-deserved.
Truthfully, I don't want to be writing and spending hours per day on Steemit a year or two from now, the same way I am at the moment. I recognize there are contributions to be made to the community which I am in a position to make now - though I want to use my success to pass on the lessons, guidance, insight, and wisdom that will help new talent rise - passing on the torch, so the natural stars can rise to the position they deserve as they put in their work developing the skills and producing quality content to better serve the community, at which point I can invest my top talents elsewhere, where need at that time.
so yes, I agree that a bot to support the voting on users I'd like to invest into would indeed be an amazing thing. If you figure out the technical details of how to pull it off, lemme know... :-)
Thanks Rok. That means so much to me. I just spent the last couple of hours helping someone on the chat and going through new posts in different categories, feeling the thrill of voting up some $0.00 posts to $0.15 while also calling out the occasional plagiarist Cheetah somehow missed.
Normally I'd be focusing on my next post, but tonight I enjoyed just using the site, leaving comments, and voting for stuff I hope others find as well. I think an under dog post entry is a great idea. I was really, really happy about highlighting this post about the latest Steem Whale updates. It was about to pay out at less than $2. I used a connection who has the ear of a whale, and we got it up over $200. That felt really, really good. I use that site every day, and it's a great feeling to see them rewarded.
Thanks for putting out such great content and for connecting so many people together. You are truly gifted at this.