This!

I am 200 % in favor of this. I was working with my cousin on blogging so couldn't read the post when I first saw it. When I saw the headline, the first thing that came to my mind was, YES!!!

I am totally in favor of this suggestion. Bots may increase payout through big votes as much as they want but integrity of reputation system is long compromised.

Reputation algorithm has been abused so much now that the reputation number no longer corresponds to the quality of a Steemians efforts on Steemit. I have seen that first hand.

If you see a person with very very low SP and total account value, then know that he or she either sold all the SBD or gave them to bots for upvotes.

If reputation is way too higher than the account value and owned SP, latter is the case always. I know that really really well.

When I see people reaching or crossing my reputation score without a fraction of the effort that I have endured for six months to build my blog, following, SP, and account value, it feels a bit unfair and, to be honest, scammy. I also know really well how reputation algorithm has been torn apart.

The people who never get bot votes enough to hit the trending and hot pages are the people who often stay hidden and keep gaining reputation for whatever they post; even dogshit.

I absolutely support the idea.

I also suggest devs to test the current reputation score by minusing the effect of bot votes. Take 1000 users from all reputation levels and test how they fare in reputation score with and without bot votes.

Results will be shocking to say the least!