Bots have made it a heck of a lot easier, if you know how to use them. Most of them are well worth the investment, and there will be more to come. A good thing, IMO, because the bots all require investment into the system to be useful and operate (I get a big LOL out of the bots that have 0 SP offering to resteem and upvote for SMD) and produce a tangible benefit and net profit for everyone involved.
Shameless self-promotion for one of my posts for those who want a list of bots they can use to get upvotes:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@trending/list-of-steemit-upvoting-robots-and-minimum-bids
I don't mind most of the bots, and your link was so shameless, I voted on your post as well.
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