Hi @deathcross, interesting article, I am totally against bidbots and believe they should be eliminated. Not only are people buying up-votes, but also reputation. I also note that people are totally hypocritical about this, today there is a witness trending who only said Happy new year and everybody id giving positive comments, the other day there was a guy trending who posted a photo of his son, saying merry Christmas and he got down votes, with people complaining the post was not worth to be trending - same thing different reaction. I believe bidbots and vote selling should be eradicated, as it is against what Steemit is supposedly standing for - good content being rewarded!!