I Wouldn't Mind $1000+ Payouts...
But I don't buy votes for 100's of SBDs. When I've used bid bots, which I haven't been doing lately, I've always paid a few SBDs at the most. And I do that because I don't want to ruin the chance for others... And still increase my own rewards!
I would never accept payouts of several thousand dollars per day. I would stop to publish multiple posts if I ever earned that much, because greed is bad and this type of behaviour will hurt the growth of Steemit and ultimately crush the entire community.
Listen up...
I am just a "nobody" and I definitely don't speak for all the "nobodies" on Steemit. I speak only for myself and even though I don't participate in flag wars and try my best to stay away from discussions which potentially could hurt myself in any way or affect other "nobodies", there's a limit to how much one can take without doing something.
This Is My Personal Thoughts And Feelings...
I earn just a few dollars and cents. I don't have regular whale-support and I don't have a handful of powerful dolphins supporting everything I write. I don't have 100+ payouts on a daily basis. In fact, I haven't earned 100+ in months. - Still, I'm here trying to describe and tell you my story. My approach and my perspective on these things. Even though they might not matter for most of you.
Bid Bots Are Bad.
I believe that the idea that brought life to bid bots was good. I also believe that it was helpful and that it has made it possible for minnows and authors without much recognition to increase the earnings. - That is a good thing.
However, when we have literally 50 different bots to use and maximum bids of 100 SBD/Steem... - The bots ruin the whole concept as only people who can afford to use the services will reap all the rewards. This hurts our whole community because most people on Steemit are not rich, wealthy or heavily invested.
This ultimately means that the rich will be richer and the poor will still be poor. - Bid bots gave the little guys a chance for starters, but greed has ruined all of that.
I am trying to make $3000 USD.
And I am grateful for each cent I make on Steemit. I am thankful for all the support and I love the opportunity I have been given. The 3000 USD I'm striving for will change my entire life. To some extent.
I am trying to earn this amount to pay back a debt so I will be eligible new student loans, for an upcoming education. I want to focus on teenagers who suffers from mental illness and I want to heal the world for a little bit. That is my goal.
With that being said
When Steem and SBD are worth this much it would take only 400-500 Steem/SBD in total to accomplish this. And truth to be told, if I bought votes for 50, 75 or 100, it wouldn't take more than just a handful of posts to reach this.
- I still don't do it.
And I will not do this, because I don't want to ruin the chance for others. You see, even though the max bids might be 100, you will affect everyone in the bid rounds when you send large amounts like this, and that is bad. Bad for the entire community. I'm not even talking about reward pool rape. I am talking about other people and common sense.
If we want Steemit to flourish and grow, we need to help others to grow. While we're doing that, we empower ourselves and earn curation rewards. - That's a win/win for all of us.
If we feed on all the minnows and active authors without rewarding them, these people will eventually quit and that will ruin Steemit. - None of us wants that to happen.
Bid Bots GAVE Us A Chance To HELP Steemit.
But due to greed and users who doesn't care about anything besides themselves, bid bots have become bad for the community and we're at the edge of being doomed.
- Laugh all you want.
I don't claim myself to be an expert but I know what I see. Even though I'm just a random "nobody" on Steemit, I can still see that Steemit is going downhill. It doesn't matter how many new Steemians we're getting each day. It doesn't matter if we get thousands of new people signing up and have hundreds of new articles published each second.
We have to take care of the ones who are already here, before they leave.
Instead of buying votes for 100's of dollars on your own content. Why not spend the same amount rewarding 100 other Steemians who cannot afford to buy these votes?
- Because we are selfish. We have become selfish.
When 
Don't get me wrong here. It's not your fault. "Everyone" is doing the same.
I've bought votes too. But I've only bought votes for a few dollars each time. To increase my rewards a little bit. I don't want to blame bid bots either, but due to some authors greed and selfishness, we have come to what we have today.
A struggle to get the most rewards out of each bid bot. On each post we make... And the rich reward themselves to the expense on others.
Minnow #1 and minnow #2 buy votes for 1 sbd/steem and are truly satisfied and enjoy the votes they get to increase the rewards with 2 and 2,50... - And here comes rich guy #3 and spend 100 for a vote.
- What happens?
Minnow #1 and #2 won't even be able to earn back their investment... Meanwhile rich guy #3 will take everything. I guess that might be okay one time. But two, three or 11 times?
The minnows will stop to use the bid bots because they will see that they lose money or that there's literally no reason for them to use them... And the rich guys will continue to make even more on everything they publish.
Good or bad for the community?
Don't Feed On Minnows And The Little Guys...
Back in the day, whales could easily change a persons day, week or month with one single upvote... And heavily invested people did this on a daily basis. - That was inspiring. That was encouraging.
- That brought people to Steemit.
Much have changed since those days. And even though we still have whales doing what they did in the past, most people on Steemit in general are doing everything they can, to make themselves even richer. Without thinking of the little guys.
- And such behaviour will destroy Steemit.
The next time you're about to send a max bid to 11 bots...
Please take a look at the other vote-buyers in that round.
- Are you seriously so selfish that you don't care about them at all?
So even though I am not against bid bots or the concept behind them... I am against how people use them to only enrich themselves without thinking about how it will affect other people.