So about those bots...
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!
I think @minnowbooster is pretty good ROI....Nice work on all those robot pics
Great summary about the discussions had. I think it was through your post that I learned about @smartmarket. I quite like the concept.. more so than other upvote services because you can either buy or sell upvotes.. and you can even be a bit more discerning on the quality of posts you sell your upvote too.
Thank you, there really are so many to choose from! Let's chose quality!
Yes :)
I don't see any problem with using bots as long as you are aware that it's not going to make you direct profit. I mean, you could get lucky and get a few % on your "investment" but more often than not the ROI will be in the minus.
If you are using bots as a promotional booster you can consider them as a long-term investment. And it is a legit way to get noticed.
Also to keep in mind people who are purist about Steemit and bots will be put off by bots busted posts.
I decided to follow you for your supportive aid in steemit.
But one thing i must say it to your kindheart
Many new members are coming from poor regions Because of the aim to get some cash to help them.
Most of them his english is not well wrote nor used (same as me we are not native in english)
They are trying hard to succeed but the gurus are getting all the pie. So they begin to send comments in an effort to get some curation input while some of them might ve great in his writings but the luck failed him.
So we begin calling them spammwrs and we begin to downvote their comments and posts and this will decrease their reputation and this will force them to do more spamming
I do not and will not downvote any members. I stopped downvoting any member.
I suffered from downvoting me by ugly bot directed by a big whale to downvote me from 54 to 40.
So I welcome all spammers to join my followers and to post anytjing in my posts ...silly comments... anything..... I do not kind..... and I will resteem and upvote some of their poats if i like it..... we must help the soammers to stop spamming by improving their income
NO, Steemit is NOT a "Zero-Sum Game"! Thinking like that will only cause people to become discouraged and QUIT. I am working with a gentleman now that is into topics that are barely even present on Steemit, and he is helping himself by Expanding his Audience and also his talent! English Second Language is a handicap, but maybe you need to expand the audience of your native tongue. Get your people INVOLVED! Please do not encourage SPAM either, we have enough! But I do like your comment about helping them become better content creators, however. I do that as well. IN FACT, I wrote an article suggesting a gentle warning to spammers, instead of flags. It did fairly well!
WE MUST HELP THE SPAMMERS
to stop spamming by improving their CONTENT, and Then they will improve their income. Trust me in this :D
Down votes are good because the quality of content matters. If someone wants to earn they need to earn by producing good content. Maybe video would be a better choice for language barriers. I will not support spamming and I love that steemit doesn't support spamming! Good content gets good votes, so help them create better and do more don't encourage less the already seem less standards
Thank you for the love i see in your post
Resteemed and send you lovely red rose
Thank you to you!
Happy valentine's day beautiful lady. I didn't know that there was such a varied pool of bots to choice from. I'm definitely going to see how I can use the tree growing bot. Have you used this one before @brandyb?
I am so glad to introduce you! not yet! But I look forward to it!
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