I one hundred percent concur with this
We think users should be actively engaged in selecting witnesses that they think are doing beneficial things for the Steem blockchain.
Time changes so do the activities of people. Continuous evaluation will help fish out passive witnesses.
This is well explained and the answers provide are enough to douse arguments and confusion.
As regards bid bots, I can't really say much. To everything that has advantage come with some disadvantages as well.
Weldone team
Passive witnesses is one perspective, but another is vision for the future. Many witnesses do not see eye to eye with regards to the direction things should go in. In the future people may need to make some choices based on those differing perspectives.