Correct me if I'm wrong.
Upvote bots are primarily for exposure, to gain followers and reputation fast. If people are using these bots to make profits, this is unlikely not the case. I don't know how to prove this in a detailed illustration/computation, but this is what I see/think.
By the way, you're doing a great job @themarkymark!
It is primarily for exposure and followers, rep is a by-product that I don't agree with but I can't avoid. Any profit made is a blessing.
Reputation is based on upvotes, no other factors involve, is there any?
Rep Up/Down is based on the Rep of the Voter vs the Rep of the Author and the SP behind the voter. A 70 Rep whale with 500K SP can do a ton of rep damage, compared to a 79 Rep minnow.
Yeah catch ya!
Say, a new comer and blogger finds steemit and blogs a quality and valuable content and buys upvotes to bots worth $1000. Can you make a guess what would be his/her reputation score or maybe you can make computation?
Not too sure if you could guess that.
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Just estimate. 60 rep?
Less, but in the ballpark. My guess is 57-58. It's logarithmic, so each additional point is FAR FAR slower than the last one.