Thanks Piotr vor writing another informative post!
Actually I am not using those bidding bots. My goal was it always to gather knowledge and grow as an platform...thus bots are in my opinion only useful when they are used as an incentive to motivate the community. Bots are also quite nice for automation processes but nevertheless I am not a fan of 'em and only use steemauto and such services for the time when I am not controlling my account. It is an autopilot with a couple of little extras ^^
Greed and the thrive for more can end us in a couple of problems. Imagine what happens if more bots than genuine users would use steem..the power would shift to bots but the what makes this platform valueable is the people on the platform thus those guys who are 'mis'using bot accounts and stuff alike do not realize that they may decrease teh value of the platform in the long run. Most of 'em I guess are here on a 'quick buck' opportunity.
If the community and the people over here care about this platform, flagging and other stuff will occur more often to those abusing their power. I hope that steem as a community is able to thrive and survive these problems as this technology bares huge chances for the future.
---> just get a couple of your own friends on the network and build something together. More people are what we need and of course therefore more genuine and nice content.
PS: I like flagwars already waiting for the next one to come :D
RE: WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON BOTS? Promotion tool or necessary evil? Let me share my personal view.