Great post couple thoughts from a real human, not a robot lol.

1. I think bots should be allowed for upvoting but commenting and creating content bots should not be allowed and IMHO anyone using them should be downvoted. They add nothing to the platform, they create shitty content, and it's unfair they earn more than people who really do add value and spend time and effort creating content. On the comment front, its' frustrating to see I got a comment, go to engage with the person and realize it's an automated bot content clogging up my comments with nonesense.

2. Bringing over a Youtube following can be great or kind of a non-event. I came on here with 70,000 Youtube followers and I brought some people over here but few stuck around, most people thought they were spinning their wheels for nothing and didn't really enjoy the content on here. More recently I see hodgetwins and furiouspete comming over here and doing very well. I like both those guys and follow them on Youtube, however honestly I can't say that all their posts deserve teh amount they are earning. I'll see some of them make $300 for a shitty post and then see a great post by someone else make $3. I'll be curious to see if big Youtubers stick around and continue doing well or if people are trying to get them engaged early on with big payouts and hoping they stick around. I have a feeling the next big Youtuber who comes on here will start doing really well and these guys may be tossed aside at which point will be interesting to see if they stick around.

3. Steemit has way too much gamesmanship going on. It's not about creating good content, it's about getting a circle of powerful people to support you and its about networking. When I read comments about 50% are from bots, 40% are people who skimmed as little of a post as possible while taking in enough to leave a halfway decent content and maybe 10% is actually thoughtful comments from people who actually consumed the content.