Yeah I am new to Steemit and I notice there are a lot of bots? commenting to send small funds to receive up-votes and resteems to huge followers. How long has this been happening? I wonder what the ratios are of people genuinely conversing as opposed to the get rich quickers with bots and just spam up-voting and resteeming.
I still don't quite get how the steem economy works yet.
Yes, the bots, IMO, are a big problem. Also, I often see people that upvote a post, leave a two word comment and upvote that too, and then they're off to the next one.
Haha, what is the point of that? Does it make them money? Surely it can't attract much attention if it's just rubbish?
Yes, many set bots up to make money (Steem).
they do because everyone wants to move forward and most times the poeple that are up-voted do not care to up-vote those that up voted them. so they help them selves.