I'm confident, maybe naively so, that an actual content driven platform can be built on an SMT. However, as we currently have STEEM, it simply can't happen.

I'm not against bidbots per say, because those are people making choices. So to me, it's like arguing against people's right to choose. However, your point is right on, when a whale like freedom delegates millions of SP out to bots, he is just self voting and "nobody" knows he is.