I am not as good figuring it all out but according to others you lose money using the bots.
So I am not telling people what they need to do.
People abuse any system. I like to use a bot to help with visibility at times and am paying for self promotion. Some feel this is cheating by not taking the time to let the funds build naturally or hoping someone notices your post, that someone being a whale. I like to help create my own success. I have had more than one whale vote on my posts. I have won some curation awards and that is all great but this is something I can do for myself.