Well, none of it had to be done the way it is being done. Amateurs send mixed messages and scare people by saying things like... This isn't working we have to do something. Amateurs focus on technical

I personally don't hate the bidbots, I dislike how they are used. Yeah, I also get that how they are used makes it difficult for everyone. Acknowledged.

Hey Loki, how have you been?

Yes

Well the fact we are having this conversation does mean they have done somethings that people find notable enough to comment on. They have absolutely done some things... it just takes time for people to

It is NewSteem in action!

I've always manually curated, so it's just life as usual for me except for juggling the accounts.

I think that is fair! I expect it takes some time to actually change and for people to believe in that change. :) All we ask is that you watch, so that you will see it.

Only... They were being left alone... no one was bugging them at all. Yet, they made a decision to do things differently. In order to get from where they were to where they are headed I knew they were

Of course, people figure out how to maximize their stake. Some of them will do exactly that. :)

Well actually they could have continued to do exactly what they were doing. We had about 3 weeks of conversations about how to move forward once they invited my input. I think it says a lot that they made

When you try to pile on, but you don't actually understand the issues others had... So you just say a thing, but it isn't the right thing.... and you end up looking foolish. :) There was no bidbot and

:) It's good to pay back the others that have been doing a lot of the work keeping people here on very limited resources

haha Thanks!

Not even remotely close. As bids are returned from smartsteem when they do not have the votes. In addition for the votes that would have been sold to this account on smartsteem there are both large and

Geat idea.

There is a huge market in that actually.

Such a July, that sounds really stressful. I also sometimes enjoy trolling! :) I love that you are nice! Tell your husband you have to burn off some Steem somehow! This post has been curated by @adsup

Thank you. That is much appreciated.

They aren't delegating to any bidbots. In fact they just created an account and added a huge amount of SP for curation related work. Previously they had a blog that had gone a bit stale and some voting