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The amount of bots scares and sickens me. Sometimes I get curious what flags them, but then I see the cheetah bot and remember they all lack the one good thing about Steemit, the human element, so go back to feeling crappy about them all. I believe the good will continue to rise to the top and know that patience pays off.

There are voting trails, which vote after another bot or human votes, there are voting bots, that just vote for the people they are programmed to vote for, and there are others trying to use AI, which take your post and rep. into account. I am sure there are others. Most are just trying to help spread the wealth, but others are trying to max. the curation rewards. At this point, I don't think it will be addressed for a while. Just forget the bots, and focus on the people. :)

There are a lot of voting bots here, there is no denying it. We also have a strong community learning how to create a community and how to pay people for interesting content. We haven't fully defined ourselves yet, but we are working on it. Welcome. And help shape the community if you so please.