Thank you for the great reply.

The hashtag #nobidbot was created by @whatamidoing, @transparencybot does support this initiative, but as you noticed, the tag is not required to get an upvote from me.

Currently, the self-upvote is required simply due to the negative rep. No upvote, then my comment would be invisible. The tiny upvote is just enough to make the comment visible.

Bullying is major problem on the platform and for some reason good people seem to be tolerating itwhen they see it full force against those who cannot fight back, my guess is their inaction is manly out of fear.

Stay tuned, good things from TB are just around the corner.