I think my opinion is entitled to me here, lol

My answer is YES.

Here are reasons for my answer.

Starting out on steemit is not as friendly today as it was then, those at the top of the ladder always encourage and support those that are coming with their upvote back then when I joined in December before I lost my account in February, but things are changing, people are getting frustrated and discouraged due to lack of upvote, that is the trending on steemit now.

We talk about quality as the standard for getting upvote, I know people who are getting something close to nothing on their post despite the fact that they invest so much time in writing the quality posts, myself included, I don't have hundreds of thousands to invest, that's why I turn to bot, I can't imagine spending hours to write a post and get something next to zero cent on it. I use bot to ensure I get value for my time

Bot has been helping me to grow my sp gradually, at least I have 50 now... Hahahahah

On the other hand, the use of bot is killing the true value of steemit, people are not community oriented any more except for the few people that are still committed to the growth of this beautiful community.

Some are using it to make their sh*t appear on the trending.

Bots are not bad, it is the objective for using it that makes it either good or bad.