This is a very interesting article!
I'm not sure yet where my thoughts are on this issue, but I am trying to read all points of view on bots and how to deal with them here.
I want to see this great experiment called steem/steemit succeed and I think that even though a great deal of planning obviously went into creating this place, we are still experiencing some learning by trial and error.
We have to do our homework (for example by reading and evaluating articles like this), but then we have to act, and see what comes of our actions. I look forward to every new day at Steemit!
RE: Response to @dantheman "notice-to-bot-spammers"