I am thoroughly happy with Steemit, and this current situation with the bidbots and the ability it affords me to award myself for my work. I'm investing my money into my worth. But let's not get all gushy on Steemit. It isn't revolutionary. It's just as dimly conceived as any other financial reward system, and so it frustrates large numbers of people. The fix, here on Steemit as well as in any other financial system is this: The more successful you become, the less your voting power. That means rich people would actually have to do some work, but it means that poor people would have much less of a burden to carry the entire load in terms of effort, and it means you could choose where you want to sit on that spectrum. Anyone can get creative about making a system that rewards the wealthy with power, but it isn't revolutionary. Creative, maybe. Revolutionary? No... That's why so many people want change, and as long as that is the root motivation in a financial system, then you will constantly be under the labor of appeasing the masses. Because the power actually belongs to the masses. Otherwise, Steemit wouldn't have any need in continuing growth. I am very very grateful for Steemit, and this entire community. I'm grateful for the way the bidbots work now, and I wouldn't change it. It wouldn't fix anything to get rid of bidbots because the problem will show up in a different way if you did. Take the voting power away from wealth and you'll have a revolution...that's the fix. Distribute the voting power evenly regardless of wealth, or turn the thing upside down where the wealthiest accounts have the least voting strength, and the poorest accounts have the most voting strength.

Until then, I can beg for votes, or I can buy votes. Honestly, I would rather buy them than beg, so kudos to Steemit. It's the most exciting opportunity I have seen come from technology yet. But it isn't revolutionary. Hard work doesn't earn you anything from the rewards pool. Wealthy players do.