The Problem is not the steem amount of the Bots. The Problem are Users who not belive and know that young "little" projekts needs strong people, who grow it with their heart and brain.
Steem will alive and it do never go to Zero or die.
A lot People from 2016 and 2017 was gone last and this year.
That is good, becouse they will come back later and the chance to grow with it is lost...
I think Bot´s like the Comments under your and a lot other Post´s, will be a bigger Problem than self upvotes and ashole wales. :-)

If you belive this system, than you know it is good enought to grow. If you not belive that, than let me grow with him and leave it. Thant is the point.

Stay for a thing or go... Lot other peoples do their desicions and leave Crypto´s. Human are not made for wait. They think not in years or decades. They think mostly in the moment. If you want to be more, than be more as a human. ;-)
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Alucian