Why I stopped using bots for now and what new did I learn today on Steemit

in #steemit6 years ago (edited)

Bots have been one integral part of steemit. Without being hesitant I will say I have been regularly using them. But lately I see no returns coming out from any bots, unless there are any which I am not aware of and someone can suggest me.....

For a month I was doing the calculations for every single post, and I found that the end result in the pay out was a loss in what I invested in the bots. Unless I am wanting to convert my SBD into SP at this point of time, which I am not planning to since the SBD is less than the SP, it is a loss for me to use the bots. I will atleast wait for the SBD and SP price to be equal for the conversion. Now let me give you one e.g.


As I say if someone is looking at converting SBD to SP this may be ok, but for the one who is not, this does not work. As you see in this transaction I used 30 SBD on a Bot and my final payout against it was only 31 due to the declining rates, hence a complete loss scenario. At the time I invested in the bot on 30 SBD I received payout of 45, but then the prices of steem fell further and the payout of 45 gradually started decreasing and by the time of payment it was 31 and then there was, so even in whole the 30 SBD returns was loss.😀
If my payout would give me 30 SBD or more than that, then using the bot will make sense to me.

Using a Bot or not is entirely one's wish as per what you are looking at in returns. I would like to keep my SBD intact right now and make a decision on how to use it when the market gets better. It would be good to do the calculations with your trends in the last few posts and then take a decision. Else there is no right or wrong of this.

Please note this is just my opinion and no expert advice.

Even if the price of SBD does not go higher then Steem, I will still preserve my SBD for now and use on Bots when the prices go little higher so that I can get better returns from my investment in BOTS.

I will surely start using bots again in future as the prices get better.

Today I also learned something new which was pending for a very long time. Thanx to @c0ff33a for assisting me out on this one. I wanted to put up my previous post reference along with picture and link in a table form. Was struggling since a long time but finally managed to crack it with @c0ff33a. Actually it was not very difficult, but I was hesitant to who I should reach out to and when it comes to that I guess @c0ff33a is the most approachable person. Thank you Thank you Thank you so much @c0ff33a

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You got the general idea of using Bots right towards the end... When the market is falling, using a Bot is not a wise investment base on returns... You have to get a general feeling of where the market is heading in a 6 day span, if you believe the market is heading higher, using a Bot would bring better returns but the market is falling with the 6 days span, you definitely be incurring a lost....
Without help from generous whales and avid supporters, its generally difficult to get notice on the platform so taking a loss is a calculated gamble if you looking to build your brand and increase your network, there is a lot to consider.....
Steem on

You have a minor misspelling in the following sentence:

At the time I invested in the bot on 30 SBD I recieved payout of 45, but then the prices of steem fell further and the payout of 45 gradually started decreasing and by the time of payment it was 31 and then there was, so even in whole the 30 SBD returns was loss.
It should be received instead of recieved.

Thank you for highlighting.

no returns coming out from any bots....except if you are a delegator :)

@ nainaztengra , I gave you an upvote on your post! Please give me a follow and I will give you a follow in return and possible future votes!
thanks for information

Good learnings and perspectives for us steem newbies. Thank you. :)

agree with you about how it's wrong to invest to the Voting bots this period of time.
the only one positive think you can get from this is - as result of the making high Voting summ at your post, probably your post somehow will enter the Trending section and more Plankton will vote with their tiny Vote Power and possible that some of them will follow you as result of this Trending function - so this way your account will get some more Reputation (nice numbers) and more Future Votes.
hope this help and changes your mind :-)))

hahaha....I don't think that works with someone like me, I see when a post goes in trending then my quality expectation is much higher, plus if someone has a very high earning I would not even want to vote the person, then I would rather vote for those who have very less earning and visibility :-)

so you're person similar to me, but most of ppl here do vote for the higher numbers in Reputation and Earning :-))
but i really understand what's you talking about :-)

Hello. Thanks for sharing. Best regards

it's the same reason why I stopped to use bots.
Now I am pleased that i am not alone with this calculating!))

No doubts the falling market prices hace taken the cream out of bot. The current scenario is like more investment no return, its better to use it when the market will go up...but in that case nothing is sure....if it rise might second days it will decline......

I agree with u. I also see that bot is not profitable nowadays. So ROI is very risky. What do u think @nainaztengra??

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