Why Boycotting Bidbots to Save the Reward Pool is a Fruitless Endeavor.

Allot of people on Steemit hate bidbots, this is because when the bots took over with all of their sneaky automated shenanigans it resulted in people receiving fewer rewards because the owners of the bots were no longer reading posts or using their Steem Power to curate content organically.

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Quickly in came the notion that these bid bot owners were raping the reward pool. There’s only a finite amount of rewards right? And these assholes, why god damn! They’re taking the most of it! This is because their amount of (early mined, purchased, or earned) Steem Power gives them very valuable votes.

I think we’d all like to blog on a platform where everyone no matter the value of their vote instead of running bots would read through content and curate manually. If that were the case rewards would happen more organically and more based on the merit of the post.

However, some people have come to this platform and decided to operate in such a way where they could maximize their earning potential by voting as selfishly as possible. The question is, could these people be encouraged to do otherwise? Could they be shamed into not liking money?

I think the answer to that question is probably a resounding no. Let me explain why. You see, these massive Steem holders have become accustomed to a certain way of life. One that benefits them greatly based on their Steem investments.

For example, if 95% of all the people on Steemit banded together in one unifying pledge not to use vote bot services, I think what would end up happening is that the bot owners would turn to self-voting and reciprocal voting. It’s not like they’re not smart enough not too.

This would result in the same amount of rewards being "raped" daily yet the Steem power would simply fall into fewer hands than if the votes were sold outright to the Steemit community.

So there it is, that’s my thought experiment, it’s my logic on why putting these guys out of business for the community would resort to making them go into business for themselves, and only for themselves.

If you can find a flaw in this logic feel free to chime in at the comment section below, as I don’t see a winning strategy whereby ‘we the people’ can force them to redistribute their Steem power the way we see fit.

Also, I am not sure it should be the job of ‘we the people’ to attempt to redistribute anything but I suppose that largely depends upon one's political leanings and penchant towards forcing others into sharing the power of their wealth.

Maybe the big question we ought to be asking ourselves is; are we entitled to the votes of these whales? Are we entitled to anyone's vote? Also, are we showing enough appreciation to those in the community who selflessly curate manually?

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These are some seriously deep topics that we should be considering. Hell instead of focusing on hating those that won't share. Maybe we should show some love to those that do. As they say, you can catch more bees with honey than flies with shit.

Maybe we should have campaigns to delegate to the good guys instead of trying to separate others from their gains, no matter how ill-gotten you perceive them to be. Sharing is caring, we can't force others too but we can do it ourselves!

So let's get this party started. Right now, I want you to commit to a 1-month delegation of however much Steem Power you please and send that to someone who either deserves or needs it. Then send them a wallet message or leave a comment that says: "Congratulations You've Received a 1-Month Appreciation Delegation!".

After a month goes by pull your delegations wait for seven days and do the same damn thing over again for new people whose work you appreciate. Let's spread a little good will and a little good cheer. We do it on the holidays right? Why can't every month be a holiday on Steemit?

If we all learn to become friends with one another I think it will foster some good vibrations on this platform. I think we could switch things up overnight even. Let's spread this goodwill and philosophy all throughout the platform.

Over time the bidbot owners that actually care about the community, maybe they'll join in the fun too. As they say; a rising tide raises all ships and that tide is Steem Power baby! It's what makes Steemit work and now we should all start working together for the greater good if you please.

If you are more in the business mindset think of these as no-risk interest-free loans that you'll be giving out every month to different people.

You'll always get that Steem Power back yet in the meantime you'll be increasing the voting power of others so that they can, in turn, help people with their votes. You'll be single-handedly implementing the butterfly effect and the more that you do this the more it helps to advertise either your blog or your business. WIN/WIN/WIN!

Go go gadget operation #sparklefarts!

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