my preference would be to ban the bots - retseemer, voters, curators, the whole dammed lot of them.
I write content for people, not bots. So what if i get less votes. it makes very little difference to me. As near as i can figure it, there are three auto vote accounts voting for my posts, from people who I have been chatting with for quite a while.
Worst case scenario - I lose three votes. Which would bring my average votes per post down to about 10. Not exactly earth shattering.
If you really want to raise your profile on here, the best way is to put in the effort. Comment on popular posts in a meaningful way ENGAGE with other people for crying out loud.
Don't expect the bots to so your work for you.
Look at @papa-pepper - he doesn't use bots - he makes the effort. That's why he is so successful. If you want his success, replicate his strategy - post interesting and divers stuff, post often, be generous, be supportive, be the sort of person you want following you.
Do what @chelsea88 says and keep away from the bots. They won't get you where you want to go.
Thanks for chiming in. Of course I completely agree with you. Another thing that really ticks me off about these so called resteem services or bots is you know they AREN'T reading the stuff they resteem.
When i was running @eastcoaststeem everything I resteemed i also read and/ or watched depending. That way no junk would end up on the east coast steem page.
Anyway, yeah. Given the fact that these massive resteem services are targeting mostly people who don't seem to understand quality or engaging with users to gain an organic following its like we just have a shitload of fast food junk resteemers. What a waste of time.
I'm of course speaking in general terms. I know there are probably some exceptions out there. Also @papa-pepper is an EXCELLENT example. Put in the work you get rewarded, if not that's on you!