We have to take pro-active action, rather than complaining about steemit system shortcomings and bid bots.
We have to bring back steemians to manual voting. I agree that money rules and we have to beat them at their own game.
And that is exactly what we plan to do with "Steemit Newbies(Minnows) Support - Success For All Project" by offering them better monetary incentive than what the bid bots offer especially to vote sellers: https://steemit.com/steemit/@successforall/steemit-newbies-minnows-support-success-for-all-project
But, if we are to win this game, we, both vote buyers and sellers, have to get together and form small communities so both side can benefit.