I understand. And it's frustrating. The decision is yours. I know that I am not going to buy into upvote bots.

I agree, something broke, big time. I think it has to do with the change about minimum votes at 100%. It decentivised people from upvoting as often or as much. I still have hope that things will change and I will bide my time and see what happens.

In any case, you must do what is best for you. It's a shame, since I personally feel we need to stick together, but I won't judge you and will still respect anyone who posts valuable content, even if I disagree with their use of bots. Because it is frustrating to see people with lower rep earn more for less valuable posts.

I hope Steemit can change again and for the better this time ;)