An excellent post to help explain this bot war that is entangled into the system. Having read @acidyo post and followed straight on this post to seek out more on how this all works.
Steemit needs a good shake up and chasing around bots I gave up after trying a few and then joining communities to further establish what is expected here.
Confusing to say the least to non-coders; 'check out value then post', why?
Services offered at a low amount of SBD straight 0.500 or 0.005 whatever the rate and you have a good post, by all means use it.
I would prefer to stay with people I have come to know, like and trust and try to keep Steemit with quality post, not more equals greater payouts (using bots) to quality is where Steemit drives folks to actually enjoy good photography, video or reading.