Bid bots nowadays are not that profitable and most of the articles trending page were using bid bots. Some of our fellow steemians used bots in a losing bid - imagine, the bots only have 20 dollars maximum vote but he bids it with 15 SBD, LOL.

Bid bots give both positive and negative impact on steemit community it is just on how we see it. But somehow, those empty articles appeared on the trending page due to bid bots. But in some way, bots also beneficial to us esp to those minnows who needs more exposure. We just need to have guidelines or standard on where and when the bots to vote or decline every bid. But the problem is how to determine the quality of the post.