Yeah it's the bots. You can use bots too if you'd like more votes and build a following or go on the trending page. Or you can just comment around and such to get to know some people. Who knows you might get curated like I did if it's a quality article. :)

You can read more tutorials, just search for posts on here or you can also check on a few I wrote. There's lots of Steemit tutorials here. You can even make your own when you learn more. :)

Good luck!