We recognize and honor those that have been bothered by our perceived "over-usage of bid-bots".

To move towards a balanced Steemian culture that honors both bots and the living community, we have decided to never use more then 44$ SBD worth of upvote-purchases on our posts.

This empowers our best content to be seen by those that love our media, without overtaking the Trending Slots.

In our EN Steemit Guild, we are teaching a culture of mild 1$-10$ dollar upvote usage for most content. Reserving a single 10+ dollar upvote to the very best piece of content we have for that week.

We hope choosing to limit our usage in this way enhances the quality of the steem community experience. We encourage you to use the same limitations when using steemit up-vote bots!

We are open to further dialogue leading to cultural development on this subject.... Please be kind when sharing your ideas and perspectives with us.