Without the bid bots, the trending page would be smooth and Haejin.

I support using your vote for any cause which builds the economy of Steem!
There are many bidbot owners that are not whales, although they are growing they are the new upper middle class and more involved and active in the current economy. They in turn are spreading Steem around to those who wouldn't have been able to pry it out of the hands of the original and mostly inactive mining whales. I realize there are pros and cons.