I think it's more about reasonable expectations and responsibility. Would you be able to put one hundred dollars in a bank and the next day get a fifteen percent return? There's a reason people don't make that kind of return on a hundred bucks even if it sits in the bank for a month. Everyone would be doing it and the bank would eventually lose money on such ventures....just like the rewards pool. Some do, but I definitely am not going to get down on people who use bots for a moderate rate of return for their work or to gain more exposure....but the saying is: everything in moderation and the simplicity of running the same contest over and over while making minor adjustments as you claim to reap hundreds of dollars is not moderate. Most people I see using bots are making anywhere from ten to maybe twenty five bucks a post depending on the number of followers who also contribute to that amount, there are bigger accounts out there that make much more but they have been at it for awhile, have more power, followers or are up higher in the chain, like a whale, most of them are working hard at developing different material all the time. I think what you are doing is just fine, you've found a niche that works for you, gives you exposure that your are craving just like everyone else, I don't think people would think a more moderate approach to your use of bots would be as biting as this post that brought notice to how much you were making using so many bots. I wish you luck on your journey to find prosperity on Steemit, slow and sturdy wins the race, as they say.