the norm should have been "no self-votes", and delegating to a bot that votes for you based on your delegation is essentially a self-vote. Instead the norm we have is "don't piss off the big accounts".

I agree and similar to the ease with which self-voting could be banned, I can't imagine it being difficult to make it impossible to vote for somebody who's delegated to you.

These voting bots are hugely popular and embraced by the Korean community and I don't think they'd consider using the platform in any other way. Which is the round-a-bout way of saying: "we know nothing will ever change" 🤷‍♂️