I don't use them with the exception of @randowhale and that's very rarely, partially because it sleeps more than a dead cat.
The thing about vote bots is this: if you use them to boost a crap post to insane levels, you will lose your entire "investment" as your newly-boosted post will be flagged off the map faster than you can say "shitposter".
The same goes if you try to boost at the last moment. If the post doesn't warrant it, if its plagiarised or otherwise complete garbage, you'll get nothing but some heavy flags from various community members.
It's all so dumb, the math has been done - the bots are money losing deal 90% of the time anyway.
Pretty much. I won't throw anything into a bid bot, just don't have the time to sit there and calculate what's optimal and then go around justifying my actions. I have enough to answer for as it is.
Guilty as charged..