It seems sad they are no longer just targeting shitposts and people who are buying excessively to get onto the trending pages. I think their current approach is harmful to steem (and is targeting people, like you and I, who have invested in steem.) They now appear to be on an almost religious/fanatical/fascistic mission to change steem, and to force everyone to comply with their vision of "NewSteem". This is dangerous.

Will they target @actifit upvotes next? What about the exchange of @partiko points for steem upvotes?

I too, after investing two years and a considerable, amount of my own fiat, have considered leaving.

But I will not be bullied.

The price of steem is not affected directly by the use of bidbots. It is what people use the steem they earn for that is important.

I decided that for every "Cease and Desist" message and downvote I will give one of their posts an upvote by converting my SPORTS tokens into STEEM by using @sportsvoter.

Let's see if they downvote that.