I completely agree with you except for your opinion on the voting bots!
I have been wanting to let people know about this MISCONCEPTION of the rewardpool BUT because I am a minnow, NO ONE will take me seriously!
The rewardpool is a misnomer and it really doesn't exist! The supposed definition of a rewardpool is the collection of potential votes that is BEING stored in an IMAGINARY POOL and NOT used to reward Steemians for their contents. It doesn't matter what people vote for but as long as people vote and the vote rewards posts or comments it will generate Steem or SBD. Therefore it is recycled back into the community. In that sense, the votes leave the rewardpool which is really not a pool but unused votes.
Rewardpoolrape is an excuse for people like Bernie to justify their hateful and prejudice actions for flagging others. It is also a way of silencing others that is completely abusive.