The bots were more prevalent before you got here, @wakeupkitty. When someone comments on your post to ask you to join something else, this is likely a bot. The less, the better really. But some dapps and programs here do leave automated comments since they do so many. Like minnowsupport if they upvote you, for example.
It is better to have real people commenting on your posts. But that is hard to come by for smaller and newer accounts.
I agree the real person engagement is definitely preferable to automated but I still engage those automated comments as my way of appreciating the developer of the code and whom ever may be behind initiative.
Bots have a place here I’m just glad to see many of the spammy ones die off with the RC limits
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I thank the bots about 10% of the time - especially trufflepig, but I often feel strange for doing it :)
I also stack those partiko points by doing it 😎 remember your talking to the developers not the bot itself since it cannot reply if you happen to get one it’s definitely from whom ever is behind the scenes 😅
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Partiko is beyond my abilities with the phone. But my son @bxlphabet just did his first post with it, so I hope he will start using it now. Do you think the developers read bot replies? Maybe I will do more if so :)
I know @arcange reads replies to @steemitboard he has responded a few times, he cannot be the only one 😉 I bet I’m on the verge of being annoying 🤣
Good job 💪 @bxlphabet seen you out there hustlin, Partiko is an essential part of it for me!
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Some do, some not. I do my best to reply whenever the replies are valuable.
You are one of the good guys, for sure :)