"Don’t complain that people “buy” votes."
actually, I disagree with this. I do not complain that people use the tools provided for them to get more votes, but that these tools exist. I see payed vote bots as essentially excessive self-voting, with a small amount of profit taken off to bribe the workers into socially accepting it and fighting for it. (Even though it ends up giving them less rewards overall)
I get why you feel this way. I do as well to a point. I have a hard time accepting some selling techniques in general.
However, this is my opportunity to rebuild my steem power for a while because I powered down to almost 0 when I took a break from Steemit. I'm grateful that these tools are there to help me.
These bots like @bellyrub - which I noticed that you've used - are legitimate and help promote your work to others who might not see it.
Thank you for reading my post and for your thoughtful comment.
just because they promote your work doesn't mean they don't act like a leech sucking at the rewards of the working class who make posts.
Its like saying the Africans who make a dollar a day in iron mines should be glad for the opportunity because they would starve otherwise.
You are entitled to your own opinion. Thanks for sharing.
why did you bother replying at all? That comment has nothing to it. I want somebody who can defend their opinion, not just acknowledge other's.
That's not how you form knowledge. If everybody just accepted everyone else's opinions without debate nothing would ever change.