Although my information is second hand, actual bot operators I know tell me that this is happening in practise. But, act the way you choose. I think that the comment spam from upvote bots does eventually impede engagement in the comments, but if there's nobody engaging anyway, then there's no loss.
You could argue their SBD is better spend on powering up their accounts and and using their upvotes to get greater engagement.
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