I wouldn't ally too quickly with bid bot owners
https://steemit.com/resteem/@trafalgar/px4tz6
Things are going to be different. The upcoming days will decide whether we end up reaching an equilibrium where honest voting behavior largely rules the platform, or whether we recede back to where vote selling and self voting is the norm in a broken system.
We finally got the economic tools we needed with the last HF after considerable and persistent effort. Now we have the right tools to fight for a fair and functional platform. It's up to everyone to fight for it
It is a long game and I have been at it since the first days Rando was introduced. The economic tools are here finally and if they continue being used, should result in a diminishing of the "need" for bots to a high degree. Rushing it too much will cause more resistance and a pullback in the same way that not enough force will lead to a return to the mean. Makes things interesting :)