I've stopped using them for a couple of months. That's because I've seen the true face of success here. It doesn't apply to all successful Steemians, but to a lot of them: bots and bids voting.
I understood back then that, the only way to go big, is either pour a lot of money in Steem or pour somewhat a lot of money to buy votes. And, I confess that I also used bots and bought votes... And I"m not happy about that.
It made me sad because I love the community and all the potential of this platform. But hey, everything is neither black or white.
Anyway, maybe it's a return for me, or not. I just hope quality win over buying our way up.
