@zeartul it would be interesting to see the results of a @bellyrub resteem. I think this actually hurts bots like bellyrub doing this because (at least I do) people may begin to unfollow @bellyrub and miss out on your posts for fall sales.
I'd be interested to see if a persons account averages lets say $1 a post and buys a resteem how that increases the payout for that account. Does the money @bellyrub will gain for resteems, outweight what he will possibly loose in followers, and actually create value for the community.
I've been wondering this for a week or so and you just happened to be the person I asked!