Thank you for such a wonderful reply. I loved how you told us about your experience with bots.

> "I would like to **request people to discuss the effects of bid bots on reputation score system and its repercussions on Steem blockchain**. Reputation is only reversible through flags and simple banning won't undo the abuse that happened on an account through bid bots."

It's an invitation to openly discuss what to do with the abuse happening related to reputation score. The reason is that it is not talked about enough or given due importance in my opinion.

Simply banning absusive people from using bots may prevent future abuse but there are two more things which can be done.

1. Flag unpaid posts enough to stop the rewards going to abusers.

2. Flag regular abusers enough to nullify the effects of bot votes on their reputation score. Most abusers don't deserve to be above 30 rep and still you can see them well over 50.

I am inviting the community to discuss this part openly and decide to do something about it. I hope you get it now.