Bots, you know the software AI intelligence that is ruining most of the Social Media platforms out there in Internet land.
This is long, so I’ll give you fair warning. This is for people to read, It’s a commentary with just one picture… (you can imagine more of your own, if you are a person). Bots can also ‘read’ this too if they so choose.
Bots, you love them, or hate them, there is really no other way they make you feel, and they have infiltrated very quickly and deeply into even this new Social Media platform too. Is this a good thing?
Perhaps yes, how would you feel if content you post is not noticed by real people for several days or even not at all? Would that make you feel rejected, and that you are wasting your time? Would that make you want to give up and move on, or back to the Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? The whole world already knows them, so you are more likely to get noticed, by real people… right? Well not necessarily.
There is a high probability that many of your ‘followers’ on Twitter are in fact Bots that are there to maintain your interest and to send you ‘tweets’ many of which are paid content disguised as information or entertainment. Every time you tweet something and use hashtags, there are bots seeking out a list of certain hashtags, so that the bots can respond in whatever way they are programmed to.
But at least I get noticed, you may be thinking. So yes you are correct, you got noticed, but by something not human, that takes a split second to respond to what you posted, not actually taking time to READ your post. You could probably have posted random letters or numbers meaning nothing, except that you also included hashtags that the bots are seeking out. They find you. Please don’t post random letters and numbers with a few tags.
Those random letters wouldn’t be very popular with any real people who saw and read your post, but your popularity would rise even just with bots, so do you really need to be popular with real people when there are bots that ‘love’ you?
The easy answer is no, real people are not needed, but it is good to see real people commenting after actually noticing and reading you posts.
I think that if you are primarily on Steemit to make money, then you need to be noticed by the bots, so that means using tags wisely so the attention of many of the bots is gained…popularity, votes…STEEM.
The other answer is, yes people are needed. People need affirmation, real people can comment, (most don’t but some do) and in general I think people can tell the difference between a comment made by a person, and one generated by software.
If you are on Steemit for the community, then real people are definitely needed, with bots adding to the possibility of higher payouts for your interactions within the community.
The bots on Steemit, are benefiting the community. While sometimes negatively affecting your posts and or payouts, I think in the long run, for the future of the platform they are needed.
Bots are killing Twitter, but that corporation doesn’t pay users for their interaction. Everything you do benefits Twitter financially, but not you the user…this is wrong.
They don’t actively try to stop them because they keep you on their platform.
Instagram doesn’t pay users either… So go out tell the world about Steemit, you could get paid STEEM for your photo’s, isn’t that cool. Isn’t that better?
Even on Facebook, you may be ‘friends’ with many bots programmed to post certain content, which at times will include ads or cleverly disguised advertorial or ‘entertainment’, if you respond, the bots win, Facebook wins because it keeps you on their platform…do you win?
No, your interactions are tracked by FaceBook and used to sell advertising which benefits them but not you…this is wrong.
On Steemit, even the bots benefit you! They most likely still operate in the same way, seeking out certain preprogrammed tags to respond in their preprogrammed way, be it voting, commenting, or reteeming. Maybe even following. But they benefit you too, not just the creator. Your popularity rises, your rewards rise…. You win!
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