The minnows has no place anymore on steemit, the hope of the minnows is to write something quality to get rewarded since we don't know anybody on the platform yet.
Good morning, I'm 
The steemit_extention is a project setup to depopulate facebook platform and to bring individuals to the light (the world of steemit where quality is rewarded with value).
While
The offline minnow is a project setup to decentralize the offline, to guild minnows and give the hope that there is a place for them on steemit. The major exponent of this project is 
I miss promising individuals while campaigning that steemit is all about quality for value.
What is quality?
Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose. A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.Level of excellence.
Quality is the most determining factor to for the success of a post on steemit but I think that has changed due to the use of bid-bots.
You will see lots of post that are not worth it on trending, while the post that are meant to add value to peoples life, that are meant to impact on the platform are down their seeking for attention.
Even If we like it or not, bid bots exist. But it should be used to encourage talented authors to use them, not to be used to send trashy posts to trending.
To the minnows
I won't advice you to start making use of bid-bots though it is a perfect way of building your reputation but if you making use of bid-bots.
- It will definitely cut your rewards
- it shows desperation
- it makes you feel relaxed that you will not see any point in dropping quality articles.
As a minnow this is the time you need to be most serious on steemit, this is the time you should show the community what you have in you, this is the time to bring out the beast in you.
Believe it or not people are watching, the upvotes may not be coming in but people are watching and taking notes.
So now is the time in your steemit life you have to add value to the community and your blog.
To bid-bots owners
I don't know how possible it is to first scan through articles submitted before upvoting them. I know that requires time, but it is worth it, if not in little or not time the steemit system will crash.
To curators
We really appreciate your works, but I think it will be more preferable if you look for posts with high quality but low rewards to upvote. Forget about trending posts, it's already on trending, use your upvotes to touch peoples lives.
Conclusion
I'm not saying bid-bots are bad, no but I think they are being abused or not used for the right reasons.
The platform steemit is meant to be used to reward quality and valuable articles, so what we are to be expecting on trends are most or top valuable and quality articles.
But due to the help of bid-bots reverse is the case.
If this is not taken to consideration the number of active users will decrease, just individuals capable of making use of those bots will remain