Sounds like a good plan... Bidbots are essentially the same as minnowbooster -but there is potential to earn a higher ROI (or in my case have a lower ROI)
Yeah I am not to big on them but in some cases I need to for visibility (such as contests), but otherwise I just focus on writing good content.
I also find some people dont like bots and are actually less likely to upvote you if you are using bots all the time. I found without them its more likely your content will get noticed by services such as @curie aswell..
Its a tough situation because I can see the pros and cons of each side