I've given up on bots. There are so many of them. The spam is at an all time high, it buries the good contents. Curating groups are now looking for that proverbial needle in a haystack of spam :)
It used to bother me, but now not so much. I guess that's the way it is. Steem on.
Well, when I first heard/read of bots helping you getting promoted I was very curious and hopeful, but soon I realized that is just spam and waste of time in dealing with them. So no bots for me! and no one should really bother with them.
The only bots I think that makes any sense are the boosting types. Though I haven't used any, I hear that it works ok.
I don't remember coming across this type of bots, but at this point I've had it with them. If they work for some people, well... good for them, but this platform, in my view became bot heavy, too heavy.
Comparing the number of bots to real people, I still think they are few. Also annoying bots can be flagged, by those with big SP, which I think is a type of control.