Nicework jbreheny! Glad to have you with us on this adventure. :) I've enjoyed your contributions and your presence, you seem like a good guy.
The bidbot issue does seem to be a problem, too much lousy content gets to the top while good stuff isn't seen.. But how to solve that? Isn't that what often happens in the regular physical world economy as well?
To me I see bidbots sort of like as the signs you see or billboards to advertise.. I know it's not quite the same, but it's essentially advertising. So.. How to deal with that in a free system? I dunno.. The only thing I can think of is education and to try to teach people to care more and be more responsible and ethical.. Though.. Too many don't wanna listen and too many don't wanna educate either, so it's.. Unfortunate, but.. i think we're going to see the steem economy mirror the real world ones in a lot of ways, and unless we can address these things, we'll fall for the same traps as our peers. Thanks for the helpful entry! :)