Far from skeptical, I came to understand that one needs to embrace the bot-devil before having anything close to "Its Own Voice" in this platform!
Can't hide the fact that I am against bidbots and perfectly see how they corrupt the power of a "Proof of Brain" mining system, as of the one running for Steemit blockchain.
Anyway, the truth is I decided to face-the-fight and to raise my voice. However, which might be the only way to do that?
BidBots!
The Master Monsters! Yeah!
So... in the past three weeks, I've tried to -somehow- test the use of bidbots, willing to reach more users, maybe conquer follower (real people - not bot-followers), and I'm here to report my initial experiences.
I am planning to try to increase the value given to some bidbots, for example, @therising , @raise-me-up and @upvoteme -maybe I will try @upmewhale to (not sure yet)- and then try to figure out how much I need to burn to reach break-even.
By the way, if you readers have any expertise to share, please let me know and add comments to this post.
I am sure many readers will be interested in knowing more about a great strategy to better use bidbots.
My first experience:
I invested 1.3 SBD$ with the "Promote" button for this post here: https://steemit.com/life/@borges.barilla/steemit-proof-of-brain-evolved-to-proof-of-ai
Guys! Be aware and listen to me, this is the worst mistake you can ever, EVER, ever do.
Never spend your SBDs with the inborn Steemit "promote" button. That is a total waste of you SBD.
In Resume: I got no exposure. No extra-read, no extra-follower, no vote. Nothing. That thing is not working at all to promote your post.
My second experience:
I took the same last post and insisted on it. I invested extra 1.5 SP with the bidbot @raise-me-up + 0.7 SP with @obaku. I add the link of my post in the transfer memos, and boom!
I got 810 votes (probably 99% from bots) but got some real people to follow me, and actual comments from real people.
In more details: I got a total of 8 comments: Two from real interested people, to which I replied with tremendous attention and feeling. (Thanks @craft-crypto and @bewithbreath ! You just made me feel very good about writing!) I also got one dry comment. And that is it.
From a 'money perspective', I keep far from break-even. That post took 1.3 SBD + 2.0 SP, and the return was $0.22.
My third experience:
This time things were much more efficient. I only spent 1.5 SP with @raise-me-up to promote this latest post: https://steemit.com/mindset/@borges.barilla/agenda-todolist-solution-do-it
The result was: 3 extra followers, 72 upvotes (no idea how many are coming from real people vs botvotes), and $0.21 as a reward. Plus: two comments from @oliver135 (Thanks bro!) and some interaction with @itripvenezuela and @poetrywhale .
I will keep trying guys! Let's see where I can get with a combination of @raise-me-up and @therising.
I will report back soon! Please, leave a comment if you are also trying to understand the bidbot economy. I appreciate sharing ideas about that!
bb.
As always, a refreshing read! I am curious to follow your saga.
I am a real person and am seeking other real people (possible friends) on steemit. Hit me up and lets chat. I have only been on Steemit for a month but am having some limited success.
Hi there! Great to know there are real people around!
I will be following ! What do you like to write about? I will check your posts! Please, let me know when you have a new post. (just leave some comment in any post... It is easier to follow comments - my feed with new-posts is to full sometimes : ) See you soon bro!
Hey there. I like to wrote about anything i find interesting and hope someone else will like it as well. Some posts of mine a person will like and some posts they will not like. I feel that by writing on a variety of topics eventually one will appeal. What do you like to read about?? I recently wrote several posts about a vacation i had.
Congratulations @borges.barilla!
Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade for newcomers in the following category:
I also upvoted your post to increase its reward
If you like my work to promote newcomers and give them more visibility on the Steem blockchain, consider to vote for my witness!
You deserve bro! (Any other suggestion for witness? I still have votes to give)
bb
Sorry for the late reply, I have been quite busy last days.
It's hard to recommend witnesses are they are so many good ones out there.
You can view the witnesses I actually voted for here
Another solution is to define me as your witness Proxy, meaning you delegate your choice to me. This can be done by clicking on this link and can be revoked at any time.
Thank you! I will consider both options!
bb
@steembasicincome It is not a bid bot per se, but I like it. It gives you an upvote on all of your posts. I like it because in order to get a share someone has to "give" you one or you have to give someone else one.
If I give you one share then I also get one share. If you give someone else one then you also get one share. It only helps those who at the very least post. You must make posts to benefit from the share.
You seem to be interested in posting. If you would like a share and are dedicated to posting regularly, let me know and I will send one your way! Oh yeah, the share is for life! It never expires!
Hi there, thanks for writing! Indeed, really interesting. I am still trying to understand the detail around @steembasicincome , and yeah, I would appreciate to have a share, and also to send a share to someone (as I understood, I need to send 1STEEM + @xxxxxuserxxxxx in memo, so the @xxxxuserxxx gets a share. Is that it?
bb.
I have sent one for you :-)!
I think there is some waiting period before it becomes active, but I don't remeber it taking too long.
And yes! your understanding is correct!
Whenever it becomes active you should start seeing upvotes from steembasicincome or sbi#.
Enjoy! And keep posting!
Thank you!, I will do my best.
bb
Thanks for sharing, I came to check out your post after you commented on my post, thus, my visit has nothing to do with bidbots, I also don't like the bidbots. Perhaps you can also experiment by commenting on people that don't normally vote for you and see how many will start voting for you or start following you.
Hi @rynom, thank you for your words! They have a lot o value to me. Indeed, to comment posts is a really good way to interact, get exposure and followers. I just became a follower, and will check on your work. See you soon! bb
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