Awesome mate congrats on 1000 posts!
I see alot of copy/paste type stuff here aswell and it makes the trending page! Makes me mad. I have also noticed a few people i follow start to just post short/nothing type articles which are getting lots of votes and im harsh and dont support this so stopped following them.
The bid bots is a tough 1.. i have probably had more luck without them to be honest!! More valuable manual upvotes coming in. Makes me think that dolphins are looking out for me and actually pay attention to those who dont use bots and dont get recognition - using the bots opens your posts up to a different audience. I think your right nothing wrong with using them sparingly for promotion.
Thank you so much bud! Feels like only yesterday I signed up looking to get my hands on some Steem...
The lazy copy-and-paste jobs are getting absolutely out of hand, if it continues like this I don't see the platform surviving in the long-run which would be a massive shame.
I've been keeping an eye on your experiment and you've done so well, I might give it a try for a while. At the same time, I feel like good quality content should be recognised regardless of whether the creator has put a moderate bid bot on it. If that's putting people off from reading/voting then I think I'm kinda of the opinion of "fuck them". I'm not one to pander, and I see these cliques and groups all over Steemit and it makes my skin crawl but I'm going off on a tangent there. I don't see why those who don't use bots should be viewed as a better "class" of creator.
Yeah I agree its pretty tiring sifting through the content on here trying to find the gems - especially when bid bots are used to boost the payouts... Lets hope through education that Steem is not just printing money and requires effort that people either change or leave - they are better off on Facebook whining if they dont want to put the effort in!