To follow up on what the general opinion is on them & things I have learned!

Here is the original post on bots if you want to skim comments, some really brilliant points were made and lots of in put was given!

One of the biggest downfalls a lot of people mentioned about using voting bots was not being able to track ROI.

Many people felt as if they were not always getting the vote they were counting on or a enough reward to make the effort to utilize a bot.

One thing that was a major perks mentioned to the voting bots was exposure.

It seemed that lots of people agreed that the exposure is a huge benefit to using the bots if you are okay with knowing that you might not get full return on investments.

There are varied bots for instance promotion bots like @minnowbooster or @smartmarket & bidding bots such as @boosterbot @randowhale, but how are you to know which ones to choose from & when is the best time to use them?

A huge shout to @tattoodjay for introducing me to: steembottracker.com Created by: @yabapmatt
Steembot tracker allows you to view services that that will promote your post or you can choose a bidding bot. I think this is very encouraging for users to have more control on their marketing investments.

Being able to have a closer calculation allows you to make your decision based on what works best for you. Maybe bots aren't for you and you prefer that all HUMAN all the way and I totally support you in either of your choices.

If your steemit is your business and you want to promote it that's your business! I will say if you wouldn't promote it, why should anyone else? So don't fret over a little self promotion. I am personally am going to do some experimenting with them now that @yabapmatt created this wonderful tool for us all & I will report back on it.

Another con people mentioned is that they feel people can create accounts never produce good content and count on being able to buy votes. Well, those people suck & that's why we have a flagging system. Steemit is designed for us to keep each other accountable for creating original and quality content. Many people felt bots deplete resources in this manor, maybe in some cases they do and in those cases we should flag them.

When I was going through steembot tracker, I found lots of community support within steemit as well as various philanthropy.

Many bots give back to the steem community and many give back in other ways for instance there is even a bot for planting trees from @treeplanter! You can plant trees and get paid for it!

Another great mention about bots is that it allows you to give a little extra when we only have so many upvotes daily to maintain the quality of our voting power. @tipu for instance allows you to send a tip in place of your upvote! You can use bots to help boost others posts, not just your own!

You can even get in the spirit of love and send some love around steemit for Valentines day with @red-rose or @lovejuice

Have fun checking out the various bots! Also check out my pet minnow @ameliabartlett she is super talented and creates incredible content for you to follow!