I don't support them, follow people that use them, or upvote stuff that is bid on by them. I then go to https://steemwhales.com/clean-trending/ and downvote most stuff where the majority of the vote is bots. That's just a personal policy.
That being said, with the style of most of your blog, a photo with short updates: If people see that bid to top of trending, they will vote it back down. For some of your blogs it might be okay. You are probably considering a time to engage with them when their optics is at their absolute worst.
You said it all, I too use the list of death link (above). Bots are a terrible idea @cryptopie, keep well away from them.