I do NOT get the whole bots thing, I start getting lost with the 'buying votes' thing and end up just skipping it altogether, which isn't helping anything, but I've just been so completely easily overwhelmed by crap lately. Of course not making much money on much of my writing that I'm spending so much time on isn't helping, either, so I need to get off my ass and put time and attention on it and figure it out!
Thank you for explaining everything in such simple terms. I already feel a little less lost.
Good. thundercurator is a guaranteed upvote. I don't do bots - only the new one with the alliance. If you are a member of qurator, you can use the qustodian bot. That one is safe too because it refunds you if they don't have enough of an upvote.
The other bots I mostly stay away from.
If you are not a qurator member - that is where I would start. And thundercurator.