So, no one use them, or everyone use them, but not buy sbd(not sure what that means - sounds like they wouldn't really be using them) or abandon the platform. None of this sounds like an actual solution for this platform to me. I agree that the bidbots are a problem and that the platform would be better off, if no one used them. I do also think talking about it is a step in the right direction.
My suggestion has been to mark the posts that are promoted with the paid bots as ads, similar to the way google does it. Talking about it is a good move because I feel that if whales where thinking long-term they would not sell their vote for short term profit but build much bigger profits in the longer term by helping to build the platform in any number of ways. This would be going back to the old culture and moving away from this greed driven one that we have devolved into.
As you pointed out, long term thinking does not seem to be a common strategy for many of the later coming crypto enthusiasts. That's why marking them as ads seems to me to be the best solution, I mean that's what it is. Putting them in the promoted tab that no one really pays attention to, would maybe be even better. Then people would maybe be less likely to give them their attention or support them. What do you think about these suggestions? Do you have any plausible solutions?