![](https://i.imgur.com/wXWkskb.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/QNDcjF8.png) The Shane made a post on the main Creative Coin account earlier and I wanted to clarify some thingies. I haven't thought much about bid bots in quite some time as I never use them. I was never really on the whole "bid bots are evil" wagon ... I just really didn't care about them either way. But recently there has been some conversation happening regarding some tribes starting to use bid bots. @slobberchops and @carlgnash brought up some great points in the Creative Coin Discord regarding the use of bid bots. This is a **Creative** Tribe. We want artists to feel that their work is valued. Organic, manual curation is the best way to achieve that IMVHO. **So, with that in mind, Creative Coin and Sonic Groove will not be allowing the use of bid bots.** Because these tribes are a secondary layer protocol on top of the Steem Blockchain, I want to clarify here that we are talking about Steem Engine bid bots that would affect the Creative Coin and/or Sonic Groove tokens. *We are only moderating our tribe tokens, not the bid bots that utilize the Steem token.* **So, here's how it will work:** **If there is a Steem Engine bid bot service that rewards in Creative Coin or Sonic Groove:** * The actual bid bot account will be muted from both tribes. * The post that used the bid bot will be downvoted to remove either Creative Coin and/or Sonic Groove. The downvote of Steem rewards will be minimal due to the lack of Steem power on both @notcreative and @notgroovy. ![](https://i.imgur.com/QNDcjF8.png) ### Remember if you would like to promote a post you do have an option to do so by burning tokens. **Here's how:** Click Promote at the bottom of your post. ![](https://i.imgur.com/WFgggFM.png) Enter an amount. The higher the amount, the longer your post will show as Promoted. ![](https://i.imgur.com/AyfI6Lx.png) Your promoted post will show at the top of the Creative Coin Trending Page. ![](https://i.imgur.com/QNDcjF8.png) In the long term, we feel that a lack of bid bot use is best for the Creative Coin Community. We hope you agree and value your support! In closing, I have either served to clarify The Shane's posty.....or have confused the issue even further. *You decide!* ![](https://i.imgur.com/KiuusEx.png)