<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:56:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/upvote-bots/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Upvote bots: Do they really work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something i don't understand about how these upvote bots work. Most of them promise at best a return of 210% in $vote value. Please check out my calculation and tell me if i am wrong? If i send]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@mightypanda/upvote-bots-do-they-really-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@mightypanda/upvote-bots-do-they-really-work</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mightypanda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:34:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVenYa5phBPsCfRhVoh1QBRwtCTLGvZNJPe1oA9bjFKjvpTAsAFnU6QwBRVtqj4vukPVHAz2pXrpq8iJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programmatically check if an account is a vote bot or not]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have needed a way to check if it's a steem account actually a voting bot or not for my current experimental trending page implementation. Quickly packaged a python library to make it re-usable across]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/python/@emrebeyler/programmatically-check-if-an-account-is-a-vote-bot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/python/@emrebeyler/programmatically-check-if-an-account-is-a-vote-bot</guid><category><![CDATA[python]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[emrebeyler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:23:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsRZCKVxKvtXdCz3ThgfzRpa3y6ZXHzEsWSZqtnkJUXNMfKj8heWZpfvWW7gZi6aqeU8yBnNKST2bkTCG7ujtZCTsJ1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joining the bid bots debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[The growing use of bid bots has stirred quite a few reactions and arguments, both pro and con. Sometimes the opinions become quite radical, especially from the side of people who would like them gone.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bots/@gadrian/joining-the-bid-bots-debate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bots/@gadrian/joining-the-bid-bots-debate</guid><category><![CDATA[bid-bots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gadrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBD5Md5tUD9YKkzGo1eoR2RP1hYxRaFr2Cwkf2622tBMqJwPfg1PZSJBr4JKwb6XaVrxSx772JQvCAz3Rd3PgNrbXcPN5?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Admit: I Use The Upvote Bots (And Here’s Why)]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a lot of contention on Steemit lately about the use of upvote bots. At first, I personally stayed away from them as I found it distasteful to “pay myself” for my own content. That seemed antithetical]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@artopium/i-admit-i-use-the-upvote-bots-and-here-s-why</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@artopium/i-admit-i-use-the-upvote-bots-and-here-s-why</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artopium]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:49:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybty8XqrppqGdSQGoxLKpK4hedjfx3TTAaPeS2ft8kh5guGYdvQZwM5fUy1wyGJHCQzRs8ZC2L5R7UvxcrTjGKiMU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perils and advantages of buying votes]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, the good: For users with insufficient amount of steem-power such as myself, paying for a vote allows to generate income off a post, since there is this 0.02$ lower limit on author rewards. Self]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bots/@stimialiti/the-perils-and-advantages-of-buying-votes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bots/@stimialiti/the-perils-and-advantages-of-buying-votes</guid><category><![CDATA[bots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stimialiti]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:53:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rethinking The Position of Upvote Bots in the Steem Ecosystem (without SMTs)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent times many words have been written about upvote bots on the Steem blockchain and how they may, or may not, be harmful to the Steem ecosystem. The arguments, obviously, go both ways and to be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@fknmayhem/rethinking-the-position-of-upvote-bots-in-the-steem-ecosystem-without-smts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@fknmayhem/rethinking-the-position-of-upvote-bots-in-the-steem-ecosystem-without-smts</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fknmayhem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:39:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3uP9zQqwsgKEp479Hjmx6kfV8i3Gfud1Jn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best up-vote bot - @randowhale]]></title><description><![CDATA[As of now (November 4, 2017) I have used a lot of up vote bots. After not being on the site for ten months I decided to get the site a try again and someone told me I could use up-vote bots to get my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/upvote-bots/@nc-mgtow/the-best-up-vote-bot-randowhale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/upvote-bots/@nc-mgtow/the-best-up-vote-bot-randowhale</guid><category><![CDATA[upvote-bots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nc-mgtow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 18:22:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MinnowHelp - Randowhale Upvote Check Series#2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Minnows, we are checking here for you the value of @randowhale Upvotes. Since their upvotes are random, there is sometimes a huge value und sometimes no value at all, so it is important to track]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/randowhale/@minnowhelp/minnowhelp-randowhale-upvote-check-series-2-2017717t21290451z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/randowhale/@minnowhelp/minnowhelp-randowhale-upvote-check-series-2-2017717t21290451z</guid><category><![CDATA[randowhale]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[minnowhelp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2LJwj31Wa79WuXGYuTbVeLpUvb7guL72a7Dwg8Bunkt86JTLFTGvhGmSMxdeERjPNs1CaQXJffq2pdCmUv1RvYxE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>