Thanks for the rich history, I had always wondered what steemit evolved from before all the hard forks, I also think bid bots aren't all that bad and that people tend to over exaggerate the negative impact they have on the platform. And as for which reward system to adopt, I guess im still too new to tell since I've only experienced the linear one.
Cheers for the informative post and the story of how much you used to earn just motivated me to grind even harder.