No, I'm not friends with any bots. I have built a bot that upvotes what it perceives as quality, but not one that begs for money or leaves annoying comments.
Bidding bots currently annoy me. Having a group of people make money off of desperate people while contributing nothing to the ecosystem annoys me. The end result that people are less able to engage with users especially new ones (like yourself).
People want to make money. People care about money more than they care about people. People feel ignored and feel undervalued because it seems like no one is listening to them. Which is true most of the time.
Wish you the best.
Thanks for your reply and for not being a bot. You built a bot that upvotes what "it" perceives as quality you said. Does your bot have a sense of humor? Does it also like good food and drink?
My bot only understands math so it doesn't have a sense of humor. It has no soul and lacks empathy. It also never has earthy needs or desires. But I keep it hidden so it doesn't bother anyone that doesn't want to be bothered.
Quality to my bot is basically a algorithm that spits out a number. To be honest it doesn't really perceive anything like all bots on this platform. It would be nice if there were bots that served as useful meet and greeters and answered questions, but that would be too helpful and wouldn't have the necessary ROI to be actually implemented. We just get the soulless kind here on Steemit.
Lol at least you admit it's soulless. Thanks for your comment even though i disagree with your logic of having bots.