Yeah, I'd agree with that. I think like most things in life, you can look at it different ways and a lot of it depends on the person's motive. My opinion of the bots is pretty high at the moment as one warned me of a scam. If I could take that bot for a beer, I definitely would, lol.

I think having stuff like that to help you market (re-esteem et cetera) and help you learn is definitely a plus. As a rule, I'd say voting should be all human - unless, of course, these bots can actually form an opinion. In that case Steemit is seriously amazing, haha ;)

Great insights anyway. Have you ever written any books?