Sort:  

I dont know exactly what you mean re. Old closed voting groups. But if i understand it sounds like an organic community of people who vote for each other. If this is the case i still have more of a problem with bots because they are not rewarding the quality of a post. I hope Steemit can become a quality content platform and i don't think bots are helping do this. As a minnow myself i know it is a struggle but I want really people to vote for me and not just bots.

old or new voting groups, dont help the platform and close of new growth and are not organic are constructed

on bots they give little value compared to the amount voting groups give to posts which are not value based either check any category and see the amount some posts get.

im not for bots either comments damage engagement on posts and high sp bots take most of the curation