There are a growing number of people using steemit that oppose the usage of the bots as much as they have been used and seek treatments such as limitations on bots all the way to eradication (through setting up accounts with equal shares as the bots and flagging everything the bots vote on).
Another present situation going on, in relation to steemit, is a large group of people against flagging as they view it as violent protest and for this I had a question in relation to the white and blue paper for steem such as whether you have read them or not. I bring this up as there are many on steemit that have not read those papers (and should) as it clearly outlines why we should flag things.
The main thing that caught my attention is your point of view regarding, and I will say this in my own words, the bad content at the top. This is something that many groups (curie, steemstem, etc)actively works against by curating better content. I bring this up to showcase that your views are common, and my line of communication that I want to open with you is for the potential to learn what you suggest doing in this system to attempt to fix it. My curiosity of this is rooted in the potential for reaching people with a similar disposition in such to stop the behaviors present which are harming the economy of steem.
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