I'll have to look up an article like that; it would help to know a little more about the different options out there. That's a good way of putting it too: not for the upvote, more for the exposure. And if I choose not to use them because my thoughts on the steemit platform, it doesn't mean I look down on someone who does. I know we want all the help we can get to grow influence here, I just don't know enough about these bots yet to conclude using them won't contribute to the abuse of our system.