Well, that's how things work here. Everyone 'gets a say' with their vote. Apparently the downvotes outweigh the upvotes otherwise iamgrootbots' reputation would be going up and not down. So yes I would say the general consensus of the community at this point is that automated comments that add little value to the community aren't very welcome.
I wouldn't have downvoted if it wasn't a bot (computer program running 24/7 on its own) that was mindlessly and automatically posting comments to articles. Do you know how frustrating it is for people to put time and effort writing a thoughtful, heartfelt article and the first comment on the post is "I am groot" or "I like toast" or "meep" posted by a bot. It's disrespectful and adds zero value.