I actually think is one of the better trending users, and he's super up front about his bot use- I don't consider him to be a problem, and if more of the bid-bot users were like him, well, the front page would be much nicer.
But yeah, comments should be at or near the top of any bid-bot promoted post, even if it's a high quality post.
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