How many of you get enough upvotes so that your own posts reach that 20 steem mark without bidbots? Almost noone, right? So you get an e-dick up your ass just for being an author on steemit instead of anywhere else.

Workarounds

Focus on tribes. Which is shitty since it just makes the community even more segregated and opens up doors for PAL abuse even further. (I love you Hive account@crimsonclad but all of the other PAL people are shitholes like Hive account@trafalgar)

Fucking spam whatever is on your mind, just make it hold some value. Like my posts.

Buy votes. Except don't, otherwise Hive account@traf and PAL will swing their e-dicks at your general direction.

BUYING VOTES IF YOUR POST DOESN'T REACH 20 STEEM IS NOT WORTH IT SO DON'T DO IT!!!

This is why you only get downvoted if your post goes up high enough in payouts. These shitty scam artists want to fuck you up only if you're actually taking anything away from their own bidbot vote purchases. Yes, they do it, they just don't want you doing it.