RE: Tip 36: #sbi-skip for a higher upvote.
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Bid-bots are a very particular type of vote-selling, where you bid for votes on specific content. It has a very short-term return cycle (less than 7 days) and continues to be the favored 'vote buying' vessel for Steem accounts that publish stolen content looking for a quick return.
Steem Basic Income is a very long-term oriented approach. You sponsor another account, which dedicates SP to their support (equal to or greater than the cost of enrollment). In the process, you receive curation in the form of an equal amount of dedicated support for your own account. The ROI cycle is long (better than traditional curation, but still several years before recuperating your STEEM investment).
There are pros and cons to this approach, but it's a simplified method to assign a fixed level of support to accounts of your choosing, while receiving a similar level of ongoing support yourself.
Because of the 50% curation (dedicated support for your own account), it is still seen as vote-buying by some people and there are one or two dedicated accounts that choose to downvote SBI's loyal customers.
Very helpful explanation. I try to be mindful of what benefits the ecosystem, but it’s not always easy get the right info.
Then in full disclosure, she called on me because Steem Basic Income is my project. My response carries implicit bias from being the founder. It's not perfect, but I have tried to build in a way that encourages long-term behavior and benefits the ecosystem.
In my opinion, long-term perspectives are much healthier for Steem than short-term perspectives are.