I will confess that I have used bitbots in the past. I just saw others using them and I figured that was just what you did. After being on Steemit for over a year now, I just write because that is what I like to do (and am trying to get better at it). I have seen an improvement in my posts, so that is the best outcome I could ask for right now.
I think that if more just had that altruistic approach of doing the right thing for the Steemit community at large, bidbots wouldn't be making the money that they are right now.
Unfortunately, I don't have the answers. I just live and learn.
Yes, if only people though of their success inclusively in the platform rather than their success in money exclusively with disregard for the platform's long-term success...
Altruistic behaviors seem a rarity these days, for sure.