Thanks for your opinion regarding it. As a rather new user to this plattform the bot system also having often a very strange feeling as it is very difficult to reach people without first paying some bots to resteem your posts getting into new audience. On the other side, there is a punch of nice people that seems to care for the new users as well, so it will be interesting how it will change in the future.
There are many factors on how your content can get noticed. I would say as a new user that doesn't have funds, it is important to network and build relationships on this platform. Creating original good content will also help but since there are so many users now, it can be kind of tough. So using the vote bots can help as well.
Good luck on your journey and just keep Steemin :)