Thank you kindly for your reply.

I also think that upvoting myself with little steam or even using bots will not really matter much. I cant imagine building fortune by being upvoted by bots. no matter how profitable it would be - it can only bring you that far.

I think it's best to focus on building solid follower base and trying to reward my upvoters is the best way I can imagine of doing that. Does it make any sense?