(which seems to be a trend now that the bidbots have been tamed to an extent)

I feel that they are creeping back unfortunately

I Hope utter collapse isn’t coming,

I hope to, but the problem is that in many cases, no one will do much until the cold reality of rock bottom is felt. There is always a chance people will wake up earlier.

I never could have predicted we would be able to solve the bidbot problem but we did.

It requires constant vigilance however, as incentives change all the time and the largest disincentive was the community downvotes from those willing to take the flack.