@anyx I think cheetah bot is doing awesome work, just like @Wang. To my mind these are bots the devs should be paying for. They're the sort of thing that ought rightly be part steemit in general and should have no problem being the biggest whales here since their job is so important.
I would like to see the devs buy and operate them for the benefit of the community.
Just to let you know, I'm bringing a few somewhat famous webcomic authors over slowly but surely. Just people I have supported with Patreon in the past who are considering making the jump to steemit.
So don't be surprised if you see cheetah pick up a bunch of that "old blog" and "old comic" stuff you mention on webcomic content.
In the meantime I'm working on bots as well. We really should add a "botbuilding" tag and maybe establish some rules of conduct and a list of what is and is not acceptable for bots to be doing. Or better yet a "botregistry" or "steembot" tag.
This way bot owners can be notified if their bots are causing grief.
I say this, because the new rules going into effect in a couple of days are going to cause bots to become an extremely profitable business for those who build the bots and those who operate them. So I expect there will be a HUGE influx of new bots.
For my part, I'm going to be conducting a controlled training session for an Alexa or Cortana style bot...
However it will be light weight and hopefully not noticeable. If it doesn't pass a Turing test then I sure as hell don't want it annoying people.
What kind of bots are you working on? I would love to know. I find all aspects of the emergent bot ecosystem fascinating.
My bots are intended as extensions of the human will. Social swam AIs serving people who are "socially similar".
Here is a post explaining what we are working on...
https://steemit.com/steemit/@williambanks/bot-warz-a-hybrid-approach