we have all noticed on steemit the number of bots to try to help our cause . we have also noticed that the list of rules and regulations demanded for a quality upvote or resteem is a never ending one . Many of these resteem or upvote platforms have offered a great service ,but sometimes it seems they don't really perform the way one would be led to believe .
I have tried to use some of these upvote bots bidding and fighting for a chance to get one good upvote , only to have lost the bid at the last minute and not had my steem bucks returned . i wont mention any of the bots on here as to not get anyone all worked up . it begins to get frustrating , especially on a mobile device where the url cannot be copied readily and shared . Most of these bots have said that bids such as ones missing the url for the post in question the steem bucks will be returned . im by no means trying to complain about the bots ;because, i have recieved prompt service from many in the past . sometimes it is a very time consuming process in order to have these bots function correctly or follow all of their own rules .
I have noticed a very large selection when it comes to the bots many will resteem or upvote our posts automatically and for no fee . others ;however, have a bid process that is getting overwhelming for the most part . for some of us smaller members on steemit the bids get out of control in a real hurry especially when the promise of a great upvote is incentive . I used one upvote bot where they had said that the maximum amount of steem bucks or sbd to bid was 4.000 , i had bid 2.000 only to come back after the deadline and seen that the winner had bid 4.570 . This bot had also claimed that any bid that didn't win would be returned to the person or account it had been transferred from , and also that all bids over the specified perimeter would not be returned . I never received my sbd back in my account , and i also noticed the person that had bid over the max amount had gotten the upvote that many others were bidding on .
some of the people behind these bots have gone as far as writing giant post about the rules and regulations of their service ,however; many don't even follow their own rules and regulations. I don't think this is a huge problem for anyone that has 5 or 600 sbd at their disposal , but for the little guy that has 3.5 sitting in their wallet it is a tough pill to swallow . Even though these bots have promised to return bids that don't win a lot of times the minnow loses a large portion of the said sbd .
in conclusion , make sure that when you are trying to use bots and resteem programs make a list of the ones that have been awesome and a list of ones that aren't so awesome in order to keep your sanity . I know how frustrating it can be to hand over some sbd just to have it gone forever with benefit of even having it in the first place . make sure you are careful who you transfer to and maybe even do some research into which ones are awesome and which ones aren't so awesome . Thanks for reading my rant today and please , if you have any awesome bots that you have used to get upvoted or resteemed please leave some in the comments . I know that there are absolutely wonderful bots out there in steemit land and I'd sure like to support some good ones . I do have some awesome bots and people that i have had incredible experiences with , but one can never have too many teammates in a team sport.
