What's the point of paying $100 to receive that $100 backs as upvotes on Steemit? There's no new money made, no profit made. No one looks at Trending anymore, so you're not even getting noticed.
What actually is the benefit of using a bid bot?
Moreover, people using bid bots means people will keep running bid bots. And as long as people run bid bots, the reward pool will remain a dry desert.
So what gives?