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RE: 🎬 Steemy - EP. 30: Steem Bot Tracker - Keep an Eye on all Upvote Bots

in #steem-help7 years ago

Very interesting tool
I have been looking at the upvote for profit tools for a little while.
It appears to me that some of them have a genuine positive intention some may even have a philanthropic intention.
However I am stating to think that some of them are toxic to the community because they are sucking the life out of it.
I am not 100% sure and will always remain open to additional information. Its one of the things that keeps me from posting. I still need to firm up my position on the subject.
In your last post I asked you how you, how do you define ‘power user’, it is not an idle question.
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Yeah, sorry I haven't replied yet. I agree that the mere concept of upvote bots is weird. They have helped me to reach more people but they also did cost me tons of my earned SBD. In general I prefer if they wouldn't be necessary or even available. But I rather think that we have just seen the dawn of all kinds of bots like this. It will probably grow into a proper market. Depends on what Steemit is delivering next.

The Power User is someone who posts daily and with a certain strategy to maximize success. You can see some patterns for what works well for that.

That is exactly what I have found out also! My value is not growing at all since I use the boosters too much, only nice payout numbers but not really a win. I have now reduced the use to a minimum of 2-4 $ investment.

Hi @joe.public, I created the bot tracker site featured here and I made it because I personally find that the upvote bots can really help new / small users grow an audience here more quickly.

For one, if you have some patience, you can get positive returns directly using the bots - which is what my site aims to show. But additionally even if you don't get a direct positive return from the bot's vote, it gets your post more visibility which gets you more real votes and more followers which I think will easily generate a positive return in the long run.

You may use it to boost your reputation, then use only bots with high reputation numbers, that makes sense with a 40 reputation.