It depends though. Sometimes you may not get the $2 back. Imagine if you get $2 from randowhale. You only keep 75% of the author rewards. Furthermore, your rewards decreases over time since people are using up their voting power more often after HF19.
I don't think it's cheating since you may not actually earn more than what you paid. It's great for minnows to help boost their post's traction.
I agree you don't always make your money back. It is like advertising. You can't spend and thing you will always get your money back immediately, but I do think over time, the traction that it gives someone can help. For example. If I get extra views thanks to Rando and it picks me up 5 new followers, those follower's votes over a lifetime on Steemit could generate 100x the amount that I spent with Rando. Kinda how I see it. Thank you so much for reading and replying. I really appreciate your thoughts. You have a new follower.
Yea I do hope with the use of rando my posts would get noticed. Followed you back. Thanks!
Thank you and nice to meet you. Looking forward to reading your stuff!
have a great day
Thanks! It is nice to meet you. Let me know how it works. I'm very interested. Marketing and Advertising are two things I do for a living, so I like to watch things like this and get input from others. Thanks again for reading.