INTRODUCTION
As many of you (3/4 people at max) have noticed, my latest four poems have a regular modus operandi:
I decided to test whether there was any ROI using these two popular bid-bot services.
Let’s get to the numbers:
| POSTS | POST PAYOUT | SBD INVESTED | PAYOUT SBD | PAYOUT SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poem 1 | 39.685 | 20 | 14.918 | 4.986 |
| Poem 2 | 42.201 | 20 | 15.972 | 5.503 |
| Poem 3 | 36.078 | 20 | 13.738 | 5.074 |
| Poem 4 | 33.391 | 20 | 12.711 | 4.798 |
| TOTAL | 126.588 | 80 | 57.339 | 20.361 |
CONSIDERATIONS
We can say that the investment is pretty much recovered, without any ROI, at least in this period of SBD price that is smaller than the STEEM price.
Is it worth or not using them? I still don't have a firm answer to this question. I read plenty of mid-to-big accounts complaining about bid-bots, and I agree with most of them on the tag-feed saturation.
However, as a small account, I don't have time and social motivation to invest into Discord channels and chitchat for the entire day to create acquiescences (followers) that will likely upvote my posts. Hence, the majority of my posts will vary from 0.03$ to 0.9$ if I won't use bid-bots. It sounds a bit depressive on a psychological level but also regarding SP growth side.
The real limitations I find on steemit are the content propagation and the difficulty to discover new exciting accounts. I don't see other significant issues over bid-bots if the UX of the whole system will be amended.
WHAT NEXT?
I don't know if I'll use bid-bots again for my next posts or not. What I do know is that I will be tempted to grow my SP faster and become more desirable within the blockchain.
What's your analysis of those numbers above?
Have you ever tried using bid-bots?
Do you have a firm answer about their use?
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