hey kenan, great comment buddy. Yeah like you said the same tactics are being used on INstagram and other platforms where there's no monetary gain or where the monetary gain is a more roundabout one ie on Instnagram you dont make money just buy getting likes or follows you have to do even more work to monetize that account be it selling the account, selling shoutouts, affiliate marketing so with Steemit where you can make money directly off the bots actions I think it's going to be even more widely used.
Kind of interesting along this topic is someone had posted I believe on here or Youtube can't find the comment that Instagram is really cracking down on that stuff
They are cracking down on it. They shut down Mass Planner, which is an app that does auto-like, auto-comment, auto-follow, etc. Since then, my account barely gets these generic comments anymore.