And those who say such things are almost never anyone who have bought or paid for anything here ever.

Really? Because my cointracking says I purchased 34k steem out of the total 35k steem that I hold. Was planning too keep accumulating to 50k.

I guess that makes me an actual steem investor huh?

You are in a way telling us the demand for steem and price is low is because not enough people are bidding on bots? So tell me, how much bid bot demand do we need? In your ideal world, how long do I need to be scrolling down through bought and paid for garbage before I hit the real stuff?

The price for steem and demand is low because steem has a poor reputation, this is in large part because of the EXISTENCE OF BOTS. I like Steem because it is one of the few blockchains with actual use cases, while a bunch of vaporware shit gets bidded up into the stratosphere.

What are these bot owners doing with their returns, powering them up out of altruism?

And your reasoning is that not enough people are bidding up their posts... okay.