Nice, I like to compare my bid amount to the actual vote received. Some lower range ones hit ~3% profit and then the larger capacity ones are closer to 15%.

I used to be anti-buying votes but my discussions with some anti-bot steemians have actually swayed me in the opposite direction.

It even seems like a temporary issue, with the right prices of SBD and STEEM doesn't it lose viability?

I think if people actually used their vote more, either in praise or flag then it wouldn't be needed or wanted period.