STEEM bots in 2020

On Steemit there are several bots, there was originally a bot that would greet all new users, but I am not sure if it is still around. But it had a large amount of SP when I had last seen it.

There are several STEEM bots that have kind of random purposes and can be summoned by mentioning their names. Anyone can create these, and there are others you might never encounter. Steemit is full of bots. Groups on Facebook associated with Steemit should teach people how to make STEEM bots and accept STEEM bots in their group.

Bot that upvotes original work
https://steemit.com/@originalworks
https://steemit.com/writing/@originalworks/originalworks-bot-explanation-and-info

Similar to original works bot
https://steemit.com/@steem-untalented

Minnow support
https://steemit.com/@minnowsupport

This bot allows you to support others and help plant trees
https://steemit.com/@treeplanter

On most of the internet there is an issue with bots, for example the Russian Troll bots, or bots that go on Forums and spam viagra ads. But on the Blockchain there is a strong need for bots. Just as a simple example there are trade bots, that sit on the market and buy and sell micro price changes to earn you money. This is similar to Stock Exchange bots where you pay for your account to mimick an established trader and you can scale it down to pennies on their dollars, but the bot buys and sells when the person it is following does.

On the Blockchain what bots do is earn you money without you having to do anything, and once this is understood it won't be an issue for people to begin to be replaced by Robots in the work place. Blockchain bots are like having Robots that earn you money. There was one company called Bazillion Beings that was started by Wolfram (a famous mathematician), people from Bungie (Halo), Uber and Twitter I think, all from Armenia come together to do this. The project never launched but they were making a system where you select bot features, and it learns from you and asks you questions and you could give it new features. Then others could copy your bot if you shared it on Facebook or Twitter or whatever, and the new ones would learn and be added to and not even be recognizable at some point and would be shared and copied and shared and copied always evolving.

And these bots would have been on a blockchain earning a cryptocurrency that would pay you and the creators of Bazillion Beings for hosting and development. They would make blogs, find pictures, music, local places, people, or anything. That is how Blockchain bots can function off the blockchain.

The best example of Blockchain bots being used on the Blockchain is STEEM bots, which are not extremely developed yet, but do exist in a large ecosystem of other STEEM bots.

RESTEEMING BOTS

The first example of STEEM bots is Resteem bots, which basically do the STEEM version of Sharing or Retweeting your post. This is good if you have content that is extremely consumable, maybe with an interesting picture and title, because all a resteem does is put some eyeballs on a post. If you have posts that people are looking for, or don't know they are looking for but will when they see it, then you can use these bots effectively. On Facebook they actually have a similar function built in, where you can pay (way more than on Steemit) and get views and interaction with your post.

If you use Resteem Bots correctly, as part of a overall larger plan, maybe with human resteems, social media, bringing friends and family members in to work with you, making a group on Facebook or Minds, etc, etc, etc. Then you can use Resteem bots effectively, but each bot is 1 user, so the more other things you have going on and the more bots you use the better off you are.

Best Resteem bot on Steemit supposedly
https://peakd.com/steemit/@superbot/superbot-the-best-resteem-bot-on-steemit

2 years ago
https://steemit.com/resteeem-services/@friendly-fenix/investigation-of-resteem-services-followers-vs-price
"@byresteem has 28450 followers cost per resteem: 2 SBD or 2 STEEM= 0.00007 STEEM

@raise-me-up has 25509 followers cost per resteem: 1.5 STEEM= 0.00005 STEEM

@sportic has 23861 followers cost per resteem: 1 SBD or 1 STEEM = 0.00004

@hottopic has 20956 followers cost per resteem: 1.5 SBD or STEEM =0.00007

@resteem.bot has 19303 followers cost per resteem 0.200 steem or SBD = 0.00001 (but you get a comment with a yellow robot, but thats okay because he is from Berlin =)

@promotedpost has 15787 followers cost per resteem 1 SBD= 0.00006 (this one also comes with upvotes).

@hugo4u has 14783 followers cost per resteem 2.000 SBD=0.0001

@talhadogan has 8130 followers cost per resteem 0.700 SBD or 0.700 STEEM=0.00008

@resteembot has 6692 followers cost per resteem (The price for 44 reputation is 0.044 or more) 0.044= 0.00006

@resteemy has 5253 followers cost per resteem 0.100 SBD = 0.00001 (but it's a bit slow sometimes/dead?)

@booster007 has 4980 followers cost per resteem 0.100 SBD/STEEM=0.00002 (but it looks out of order/non responsive...

@blogbooster has 4961 followers cost per resteem 0.005 SBD/STEEM=0.00002 ("The current bidding round is full. Your bid has been submitted into the following round." It has been 48 hours and no resteem, so I would stay away from this one, sorry but if you snooze you loose)...

@reblogit has 3915 followers cost per resteem 0.03=0.000007 (cheaper then most alternatives)

@marcocasario has 363 followers cost per resteem=0.0000"

2 years ago
https://steemit.com/steemit/@conradt/what-are-resteem-bots-and-should-you-be-using-them
"@anupbose - To use @anupbose send 0.1SBD to their wallet with your link as the memo to be resteemed to their account and on @apukb, both with over 1,000 followers. The bonus with using this service is that both of these accounts also upvote your post :)

@resteemable - This is a free (donations appreciated) resteem service. This account has around 2,700 followers. To get your free resteem all you need to do is erase the http:// from your post and then type ‘re’ infront of the url."

need to test good amount of followers
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@resteemyou/introduction
https://steemit.com/@resteemyou

need to test good amount of followers
https://steemit.com/resteembot/@resteembot/resteem-bot-introduction
https://steemit.com/@resteembot

list to test 2 years go
https://steemit.com/steemit/@kantzone/best-resteem-bots-for-minnows-grow-ultrafast-on-steemit-collection-by-kantzone

https://steemit.com/@booster

https://steemit.com/steem/@reazuliqbal/steem-auto-resteem-bot

UPVOTING BOTS

The other main version of Steembots are Upvote bots. Resteem bots are not inherently profitable to the person spending STEEM to get a Resteem, while they can drive engagement on posts that people want to engage with, if they are following the bot or following someone the bot reaches, who then resteems or upvotes. And the bot owner earns money as the bot is paid, and when a post they Resteem early becomes popular. So if everyone wants to support people, follow the Resteem bots and Resteem their Resteems. Resteem bots are also a good way to earn money yourself. There have been tons of posts and development on the formula of when a bot should vote for a post (after X amount of votes or earnings) and your bot can use these formulas to almost predict popular posts and earn you STEEM.

But an Upvote bot is inherently profitable for everyone. When Steemit started these bots had no SP, but some have developed a good amount of SP and continue to do so. So you send STEEM to the bot increasing their voting power, then they Upvote your post, giving you money. And some bots pay you a % of the curation reward. And the cycle continues with the bot. You can also make these bots, but need SP loaded on them for them to have any real purpose for a customer.

3 years ago
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@sparkyez/upvote-bots-and-resteem-bots-list-and-little-description-introducing-18-bots-hope-it-will-be-helpful-for-you
"UPVOTE BOTs.
@buildawhale
Minimum Bid 2 SBD. Bidding Rounds: 2 hours 40 mins ... No Comment Votes & No Refunds.
@upmyvote
Send at least 1 SBD to @upmyvote to get an upvote. It will not upvote comments.
@postpromoter
Send 0.1 SBD or more and include your post in the memo to get a share of a 100% vote! Votes occur every 2.4
hours.
@appreciator
Send at least 2 SBD to participate in bid and get upvote of 0%-100% with full voting power. Each round is: 2.4 hours.
@randowhale
This bot is not working at this moment. I think soon it will start working.
@upme
Min bid 2.5 SBD vote every 2.4 hours
@pushup
Minimum bid is 1 STEEM or SBD.
@sleeplesswhale
It never sleep. It vote every 2.4 hours. Bid between 0.1 - 0.3 SBD to get a vote proportionally divided among all
bidders...
@polsza (I am not sure about this bot. It used to work well but now maybe it dont work anymore)
@boomerang
Send minimum 0.5 SBD or STEEM to bid for votes. Voting every 3h (3600 blocks)."

https://steemit.com/steemit/@shivangi/best-steemit-upvote-bots-2018-or-my-favorite-list

https://steemit.com/@minnowhelper

https://steemit.com/@earthnation-bot

https://steemit.com/@qurator

https://steemit.com/@lays

The easiest way to understand bots more complex than this is to start with MYCIN which was a system used by doctors to identify Meningitis, by going through a prompt that asked them questions about what they were seeing and the patient's experience, and would give a result as to if that is what it was.

This then became a whole ecosystem of AI that was not in fact AI as it did not learn, but instead used a database to get to a resolution. These are called Expert Systems, and are the equivelant of a basic modern chatbot, with a higher degree of specialization and information. An Expert System basically guides a professional through their procedures, and ensures they know everything they need to know about what they are doing. This is basically the route to look down to create more functional STEEM bots, and is all based on IF this THEN that, which are called "If Then Statements" and are the basics of coding and programming.

Dr Otto bot
https://steemit.com/radiator/@inertia/dr-otto-vote-bidding-bot
https://steemit.com/@drotto

https://github.com/charlesjlee/steemBot

I am going to make this a short series, so that we can start to develop the STEEM bot community and there can be an extensive reference point for new Steemit users. I will test all of these and write a follow up.