I seriously enjoy reading your posts now. They are well thought, and provide in-depth analysis of situations .. that is quality content.

Indeed the topic of bot use and abuse is highly debated.
I agree with you on many of the points above. I had my own opinion against the use of bots with high bid value as before it was pure profit, but now I think bots are getting a taste of good regulation, they no longer yield high profit, at times a portion of the investment could get lost, yet they do provide the needed marketing so i tend to think of them as a marketing campaign on facebook/google ads/...

In that perspective, they serve well a good purpose. This is all under the concept of having quality content and messages that the steemit masses (and google visitors) need to see.

Thanks again for a well-written piece.