Well it's a function of Steem trying to be 2 things; a social media platform and an investment. One of the mistakes they made is tying voting power to dollar value and not SP. When my VP went down to 0.01 from 0.03, I bought some Steem to bring it back to 0.02. Seeing how some Whales treat themselves with daily up votes, I'll probably not do that again.

What is social about using bots anyway?