"bots=bad" is an oversimplification, a fallacy. A bot is just a program that interacts with the platform. There can be good bots and bad bots but overall it is a new expression of human communication that is emerging. I embrace that idea instead of lumping them all in as something bad.

In the case of voting bots and your points in this piece I think the market will sort it out and in fact this is already happening. The solution should come organically from the community and not by some hierarchical imposition. As time goes on the bots will become more sophisticated and add value to the platform in new ways that we haven't even invented yet. I think Hive account@boomerang is a good example of this direction. They provide a vote service but it's much more than that and helping create lots of good content.

Good article, lets figure out how to make better bots instead of inventing new forms of censorship.