I got frustrated with steemit, barely able to break a dollar every time I posted. It led to this post here now over a month old.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@world-travel-pro/is-steemit-run-like-a-third-world-country
Since then I've grown to learn that there are many high-ups on the platform searching for and trying to reward unique and excellent content creators. Like myself ;). As far as the bots go, being placed on an up-vote bot is one of the most congratulatory and rewarding things a minnow content creator can achieve here. More bots please!