I posted a similar blog and had very little response. Please read and comment. I think this should be discussed but the Steemit Community.

Did you "Steemit folks" know that there are a relatively few people gaming the system with Bot code that upvote, autotreply to introduceyourself, steemit, and other categories to gain massive power for those accounts? These accounts like @wang are artificially grabbing tremendous amounts of the Steem dollars by running automated code.

The problem with robots is that it gives a bot creator incredible power over the Steemit world. Within a very short time Steem power can be created and harnessed to sway the entire system by the voting power of those few individuals. Newbies have no voice whatsoever and the whales essentially control the content of all topics and trending content. This is like the liberal or state run media on steroids with elites deciding on what the masses get to see. I think its heading down a dark road for such a great new platform for expression of ideas and content. I get that somebody can make and will make bots but the power derived is out of control and will eventually ruin steemit.

I'm shocked that I have not seen this topic discussed at length and I believe this community should have a clearer understanding of what is going on and help decide the direction of this type of gaming the system in the favor of a few.

I personally believe in Steem and Steemit as an amazing emerging technology. I don't just run BOTS to acquire thousands and thousands of Steem dollars. I ACTUALLY PURCHASED STEEM TOKENS with my own money (on a public exchange Polinex) to invest in the future of this system. I'm personally invested with REAL money and I want to see this platform succeed and grow because I believe in it NOT because I want to game it for personal wealth.

Please re-share. Please create your own blog about this. I shouldn't be the only voice on this topic.

Feel free to comment.

Dave