Hi @mepatriot :) I have had a look at the comment thread and to be honest - despite your good intentions, I would advise that perhaps you put the blazing guns away. There are MANY facets to this platform, a lot of which I have still yet to grasp, but "ruffling feathers" is NOT going to help you in ANY way whatsoever. Many people use bid bots - including myself... and there is a fine line of assessment required.
Bid bots are not "illegal" and are very useful tools to highlight good content - yes there are people who abuse them, but I would not suggest you ruin your reputation here by stepping on peoples toes.
In the grand scheme of things, you downvoting peoples posts adhoc is really not going to bode well for you here. You will very quickly be made to "disappear" and may as well leave steemit altogether. My advice to you, would be to focus on your blog... and your initial intent here. Don't waste your energies trying to "fix it all" - because much like real life - there are a LOT of politics here too...
Long story short.... stay away from conflict and controversy - it is NOT going to do you ANY favours.
I hope that little bit of "blab" helps :)
Sure does. Thanks!