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RE: Bid-bot activity report -- 04/01/18 - 04/07/18. Who's paying the most to promote their articles?
I have to admit I use bots every now and then if after 24hours there's next to no traffic and the content took a lot of thought to produce. I have said to myself however the bids will be no more than $5 SBD. I think a lot of your posts are worthy of using a bot especially when the only way many people see new content is in the trending pages of certain categories. It's a touchy subject and appears to me that posts such as this one are shining the light on the path ahead.
Thank you brother for the support.
Most of us feel our work is quality. And of course all of us want to be read after putting our heart and soul into the post, but then on FB, what does anyone get paid, and why is there still so many subscribers and why and how did some get so huge? -- They put their heart or talent into it and eventually they were noticed.
Why should it be any different here?
That's very true, it's hard to argue against a reasonable response as that. I would say that I've never spent 2-3hours gathering bible passages to post on Facebook, only on Steemit. I think there's a balance between abuse of the tools and fair usage. I for example have around 80 followers at the minute, yourself over 1000 so automatically there's a greater audience, a deserved audience I'll add as well. At this stage I personally don't feel I'm abusing the tools with my usage or my aim for using it, it's evident from the above post that some have less shame than others.
Granted! I probably would not have the followers had I not run contests that I promoted or wrote articles that I promoted. I truly agree, it is not easy to get started here. If one uses the tools especially the non-bots and resteem services to get a little boost, then there is likely no real impact to the rewards pool. IMHO, sending many hundreds to bid bots is often driven by greed without regard to the platform.
It is all a personal decision at this point. Money of course will dictate both short term and long term, for better or worse.
I agree entirely. As long as there's content such as yours providing analysis such as this then there will be hope, more importantly there will be accountability. Thanks again.
I like the analogy to Facebook usage and postings. The normal user on FB (not purchasing paid ads) just mingles, adds friends, comments, likes posts, etc. One can spend a few minutes or many hours a day on that platform.
On Steemit, that avenue is available also -- the organic expansion of friends/followers and discussion on topics of interest. But with the ancillary "game" going on of using multiple accounts and bid bots to actually make money, there seem to be two counterproductive currents in the same river.