Also seeing few bids going to bots lately and a bit of manual curation on authors I normally support, I see them getting more rewards which is a good sign. I just see comments going way way down so I thought I'd make a few people seem more popular by blabbing on their posts lol

There will always be some give and take when trying to fine tune a system as complex as this. I also see bidbots in trouble as time goes on, but their will always be some kind of sacrifice involved. As I say, the best thing is to simply go with it and work out a system that benefits us all in the most legit way possible.