Outstanding article. I've been opposed to bid bots for a long time; although, my reasoning is independent of profitability but rather the implications towards curation. Even so, I am glad to see your argumentation outlining the often unprofitable nature of these "services". I regret not seeing this in time to vote and resteem.
If it is acceptable, I would like to repost this content while declining rewards. I would like my followers to be informed of this helpful info.
Nice work @santana33! Following you and looking forward to more.
Thanks a lot Anthony, yap is a pity that authors stop receiving credit after 7 days. That is why also bid-bots are so aggressive, you have a short attention span to make your article successful otherwise you go lost into oblivion, no matter how good it was.
I recommend you to feed other providers, like SmartSteem; see my cheap referral link below. I have also an article about it, the difference is that there are strict rules on how they give upvotes vs. bid-bots.
Feel free to adapt it, just mention the original post. Also is fine to reesteemit, I do not care that much if I do not get upvotes, it could be helpul to someone.
Thanks for your meaningful comment.
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