I want to say right out of the gate that I do not judge anyone that has used this service. I am kind of indifferent to its existence and enjoy that people have choices. The freedom that is built into this platform appeals to the libertarian in me. However, I actually never have used one of these and was thinking of trying it because I want to see what happens when I do.
Like most people on here, i would like to build my audience and I really enjoy how a lot of you comment regularly on my posts. I like to think that I return the favor because I always check out your posts in return and upvote them if I can read them and am even remotely interested in the topic matter.
So I am not saying that I am going to do it, but the curiosity is just killing me. I do not believe that there would be a positive return because if it was then everyone would be using them, every time. I do know that these bots will resteem your post to (insert however many thousand followers) but I have a hard time believing that very many of them will actually read it.
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So I just want to know before I make this move if it is frowned upon for someone to use a service like this. Will it negatively affect my reputation? Will it draw attention to me in a manor that I would prefer not have? Have any of you ever used such a bot?
Keep in mind that I am not necessarily attempting to increase the financial reward that is received. I am just wondering if it really has any noticeable difference in the amount of people that view an article and most importantly, if there are negative consequences that come as a result from having used one.
I don't need to do this but you know, i just thought i would mix things up a bit.