Well, if you take a closer look things are a bit more complicated than you may think ... Have you heard this saying: "when the wise man points to the moon, the idiot stares at the finger ..."
I mean, if the easiest way to get paid was indeed to post consistently, why would Brandon Scalera have pumped 283 SBD into promoting this post (rather than simply posting every day) ? Ever crossed your mind ?
Brandon seems to be learning (as most of us are) because 13h ago he published a short post asking whether bots are worth their money. My own conclusion is that no, not directly, not as such. They might be worth it but only as an ingredient in a more complex recipe.
What we can see here is that Brandon invested 283 SBD in this post and if the price of STEEM does not increase significantly in the following days he'll get back about 80 SBD and 32 SP.
Which is more or less as though he had been buying 32 SP for 200 SBD ... not obviously such a good deal given that on blocktrades.us he could have got about 6 times more SP for the same SBD sum ...
the bots were to gain traction for more followers (therefor more upvotes) if you go deeper than just saying all this false info, you will see that i get paid consistently everyday just from posting once a day. :)
So you can sleep at night, here’s getting paid everyday with no bots 😘
TALK ABOUT A HYPOCRITE 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love seeing numbers. Thanks for this comment :D And yeah why would he have spent so much money in upvotes if he could just post once a day. But I think everyone wants to try out bots before they realize how much money they can possibly lose with them.
Notice that Brandon has done some reading because he waited until @upme (which doesn't comment the posts it votes) and @pushup were about 10 minutes from voting before posting this article. When the bots voted, his post was not yet 30 minutes old hence minimizing the curation rewards of the bots.
However his massive 77 SBD dumped on @upme turned the ROI of the round massively negative - when the bot voted the ROI was -24%. On @pushup it was even worse: his 50 SBD made the ROI in the round go to ... -56% !
Talk about bad investment !
Funny because I have 18000 Steem 😂, 280 SBD won’t make or break me 😂😂the whole point of the post is to gain followers HENCE getting more upvotes. It’s this thing called advertising. Maybe you should try it broke troll. Takes money to make money.
EVERYONE notice how this imbecile wastes his time when he should be doing good things like posting. And congrats you can read also (you brain is trained to troll and point out the negatives instead of the positives). You’re doing great keep it up 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Don't get mad, Brandon, nobody wants to harm you. If you have 18000 steem, wouldn't it be better to bring them here and power up from your current level at 4647.92 SP (when included the delegation) ?
Would be consistent with you posting every day and upvoting your posts (at 77% according to the blockchain ...)
First don’t ignore the fact that you just said I made a bad investment, BUT you did the same thing. EVERYONE notice this. Facts.
Second I didn’t make it this far taking advice from you but since you try to look smart in front of everyone on steemit I will explain.
I only powered up 4100 Steem because the other 13000 Steem I hold is for emergencies. Bills. God forbid a recession. No one can predict the future. I’d rather attempt to build my account my majority getting upvotes.
Yes I upvote myself, I earned the Steem. I can and will do whatever I like with it. It does not concern you. I deserve to upvote. Everyone does it and that’s their choice. You coming on here being a hypocrite actually makes you look stupid if the people actually dig a little deeper past the surface they will see you’re full of bullsh**.
Exactly why you paid bots to upvote you, but then attack me 😂
Thirdly and lastly, I’d appreciate it you go TROLL somewhere else or just stop being a d*ick as a whole and not troll as all. Keep you negative comments to yourself. Only say something if it’s positive. And leave my posts, I know you have all the time in the world to float around and troll thus post, but it would benefit you if you left. Thank you. Goodbye.
Solid explanation. Thanks
Thank you. Glad someone sees the truth.
Hahaha i love how you guys are backing your points with data and screenshots. NIce one
Thanks a lot for writing the amounts he paid. I was really thinking about finding out when I read the post and saw the bots/payouts.
For the first time in a while I didn't upvote the post itself, because it seemed terribly misleading. And I think a lot of people make more money making good comments than making a post per day on steemit.
It's funny some people will pay that much SBD for looking succesful. But your comment made it worth to read the whole post.
Thanks. I use minnowbooster myself on my comments with a 0.1 SBD investment because I get the feeling (I might be wrong) that below a certain threshold a comment doesn't "produce" anything (no SBD, no SP) and then the effort of commenting would be wasted. Even if the payout is not favorable, I get satisfaction from seeing a steady trickle of 0.002 SP entering my rewards from almost every comment I take the pain of writing :)
The bots were not to look successful. It was to have exposure to gain followers. I you go check my wallet you will see i get paid naturally everyday from posting. Its not millions of dollars but its consistent pay that grows with steem. People love to see the bad and not the good, dig deeper next time you wont seem so lost.
So to gain followers quickly, we have to buy upvotes from bots?
To gain followers, exposure is good. Go do something useful and put up a post.