I did a bit bot experiment a few weels back where i spent a week without bots and then a weel using bots. I made more profit without the bots! And i felt alot better about my posts to - i can understand the false sense of accomplishment.
When i stopped using bots i have gotten more notice from manual curators - had a couple of @curie upvotes - it seems they hunt for 'undervalued' content and if you have paid for a vote then its not undervalued anymore....
I use the odd bot here and there mainly for competitions i run just to get a bit more visibility.
Keep up the good work
The only reason why I'd want to use bots is for my Pixabay Curation series, because I donate the earnings to Pixabay artists. Would be nice if those posts got a bit more visibility as well, but it's just not worth it. Not going to abandon my morals just for that.
Fair enough - there are a few 'community bot' and bots that arent just out for profit around.