Hey @tolkatore, really good points there.
I'm going to add my thoughts on a couple of them.
In the longer run the bots probably are a hindrance to true growth. As people can manipulate the perceived value of their work, then the
The self-vote issue can go away, but then people will just set up a new account and upvote the heck out of that one, too.
Will be a challenge to unlock so much of the value that Whales hold.
See, many people say this, but those other duplicate accounts won't have any Steem power, so would those little votes from the duplicate accounts even matter?
And if they have a big amount of steem power and rig the system, those duplicate accounts will be pretty obvious. Absolutely rubbish comments with a good amount of $$$$$.