Welcome to my club! Just the other day I had a very long discussion with one of the witnesses about bots and although he thinks vote-buying is not ideal, still supports it. I see these bots as a real threat to this platform and I am thrilled to see more people are starting to see it from my own perspective. I made an article some time ago that urged people to stop voting for witnesses that support these vote-buying bots and ultimately, to just stop using the bots themselves. I have never used a vote bot and refuse to do so. If nobody used these bots, they would cease to exist simply because they would have become extinct.

This platform has much potential but is also vulnerable to many factors. How we humans choose to use the platform will ultimately determine its future.

Up-voting comments is also one of the things I advocate for. If we can change people's mindset into making this platform about gifting rather than taking, then we have come a long ways into creating the utopia I had envisioned when I joined Steemit.