Looked into it a lot since posting. I’ve looked at many ‘successful’ posts, including those giving advice on success but not even mention vote buying and bots. With everyone you can look at their accounts, I’m yet to find single one that hasn’t sent steem dollars to buy votes. As I’m only on here to raise money to keep my youth project going, for my last two posts I’ve joined in too. It’s a real shame though, and if I was only on here personally I’d not do it, and would just not bother at all if it turned out not possible without it.