I think that it's something that the community as a whole definitely needs to think about, and likely deal with. I've only been here a few days, and I've already read a ton posts about Steemit bots of all types. The first post I made garnered the attention of a few bots. I got two small donations, and a bot comment that called another bot. If it continues this way, the bots are going to be way more out of hand than Twitter.
Personal scripts/bots, that as long as they aren't abusing the system, are likely alright.
Many of the upvote services from what I understand though, often aren't worth the price. They'll likely become worth less and less as time goes on. But for now, many likely feel that the only way for them to get noticed is to buy an upvote, which is very unfortunate.
I don't think that everyone that buys upvotes deserves a downvote, but some do. People should vote according to whether the content is worth it or not, with perhaps a little more leaning towards a down vote, because they're cheating the system.
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