@transparencybot - I'm just asking a question here. So please don't flag me. So it's okay for whales to upvote themselves, with high SP and get lot's of rewards right? But it's not okay for people who are minnows, who write good quality posts- to buy some upvotes to increase their exposure and hope to get some SteemPower/SBDs back? Whales and people who have been here a while have followers many of whom are dolphins or whales too.
I'm a minnow trying to grow. And I can write the most excellent post in the world. But, because I have few followers and all my followers are new too- I don't get squat if I don't use any bid-bots. Why should I be penalized because I want to swim with the whales?
This seems a little unfair and selective in who your bot targets- whales use bots too. They just have a lot of followers who comment on their posts also.