Thanks for bringing them to the attention of the community.

Like many, I would rather use my VP/SP to upvote the good, and not down vote the bad, but I think everyone should not be afraid to down vote when the abuse is obvious, as it is in this case.

I have a bit of ambivalence towards the abuse fighting witnesses that own bots so I retain a few votes that I otherwise would have pulled.

Same.

Maybe these witnesses should use their amassed power to destroy the advances made by bid bot abusers.

This would be excellent. Slayer Sunday. The main bots join forces and wipe out all the junk that is compiled by the community each week.

I think @smartsteem have a 97% return rate on your investment. What if this was changed to 90%, and 7% was used to combat abuse?

And the other main Bots took a voting break for a round or two on a day of the week to also flag a community compiled list?

I'm sure the delegators to SS would not mind a small reduction in returns, and that the main bots are making enough to miss a round or two a week.

I think it would be a really positive move for the community and raise the positive profile of the Bid-bots.

Thanks!