This post is very timely Sir Red. My friend @sen.art (who also joined our Cavite Meet up) recently asked about bots. I can still remember and I won't forget that discussion we had about the use of bots in your own perceptions. And I agree with that. If we think about the long term stay in Steemit just like what you've explained to us before, I think you are right. Using bot would affect us in the future from acquiring good quality curators for some of them won't upvote your post anymore if they know that you use bots or even if you stopped using bot.

Another thing, it is indeed an abuse using bots for those post who doesn't deserve to be curated. Talking about those one pic no word post, who get curated higher than those who spent half a day or even more than a day creating "quality post" who gets less than $5 pay outs. But don't get me wrong, I am not against using bots. I just find it unfair for those people who does this kind of stuff. If they at least write something valuable or related about the photo they posted then I think it's fine. After all it is their choice. So be it.

I also suggest my friends, the new comers and also the not so new not to use bots anymore. Why? There are lots of people or particularly a group of people nowadays who are looking for a quality post and appreciates your post like @steemph.Manila, to name one. Let them find you. Actually newbies nowadays are too lucky because they can be notice and they are being assisted by a lot of senior steemians compared before. If they continuously post and create a quality post, they will be curated for it. They just have to wait till they get notice and never give up trying. Being curated by the people like @surpassinggoogle and the other curators in this platform is more inspiring and fulfilling than to be curated by bots. Plus the privileged to be featured to daily post in some accounts is really a self-boosting feeling. Isn't it happier to get curated by those users than to depend on the upvote from bots?