Looks like I'm the first to comment, even after 21 hours of the article being posted.

I have made several comments on people's posts about bots and how they dehumanize what is touted to be a social media platform. Lets face it; the truth of the matter is that this is a platform based on currency and rewards are earned by gaming the system. Those who play crafty win while those who hold onto the belief that this is a community of intelligent people who wish to actually communicate with each other will lose (in the sense that they will not win as much).

One way to win is to buy your way into the circle of big fish. Once you reach dolphin status, just watch how the vultures begin to circle you! They will sweet-talk to you and tell you how wonderful you are and how valuable your posts are, even if you post crap about what your pet slug did today.

Having said that, it is up to you to redefine what it means to win. If you actually enjoy posting stuff and would have done it anyway for free, then even earning just 10 cents a day is more than you would have had if you posted on Facebook or somewhere else. After 10 days, you have $1. After a month you have $3. If you get lucky and attract the odd big vote, you have even more! Slowly, over time, you actually do accumulate something. Then you wait for steem to be worth $3,000 each and you begin to laugh and wonder why you were complaining. Or.... the bots kill the platform and EVERYONE loses. Then YOU can laugh the loudest, because you predicted the collapse and didn't invest any of your own money.