Facebook has artificially limited the reach of posts for a long time. Some accounts there might have millions of followers but only 5% of them see the posts being made.
Steem has none of these problems and while the bots are a problem, I agree, it is one that can be fixed by US - whereas the problems in facebook have now way for us to fix them.
RE: Google & Facebook Censor Political Dissent - Let's Invite Their Victims Over To Steem.. Will You Help?