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RE: A Bit Curious Contest #2 100 SBD in Prizes - 7-10-18
Bid bots.
Trending + Hot posts got dominated by people that spent a lot of money on bid bots. No matter how good or bad their post quality, as long as they pay a lot of money to bid bots, their post will become trending.
Meanwhile, people that doesn't use bid bots won't get anywhere on steemit without help from some dolphins or whales.
I mainly used bid bots as a tool on my contests to get visibility and a lot of community feedback. At that same time, I am also giving away a generous amount of SBD in doing so.
I can see where abusing this can also cause issues as some are just in it for the return and nothing more. Which in turn can push down the visibility of users who can't afford to use bid bots.