Heh! I guess it's that time of the month once again.
I have always prided myself in the small fact that I have not used any bidbots for months now. I have nothing against people who use bidbots to promote their posts and give it a little visibility, but I think most of us here agree that there are a majority of people whose blog posts don't even deserve a $5+ boost.
(Like the common SM giveaway posts for a common card like Vampire XD) Personally for me, I think those people are just trying to game the system a little bit in the pretense of doing something good while greatly benefiting them. XD I hate those kind of boosted posts but oh well, it's their stake and money and I had no choice but to respect what they do with it, plus at least they are doing giveaways?!
Anyway, I might not have used any bidbots for months now but I do have 3 community subscription services I have subscribed to for months now to make sure that at least my little effort at writing and ranting don't go to waste, and one that I will now call My Steem Monthly Bills.
Truth be told, ever since the market value of Steem went down below $1, I'm not now sure if these 3 are helping me or I'm the one helping them. XD
On my last post, make-a-whale gave me an upvote of only $0.148. Assuming everything remained constant and with my 1 post a day policy, in a month (30days) I only get an upvote worth of $4.44 for a 9 Steem subscription a month! Woah! XD
Jumbot gave me an upvote of $0.046 per post which is estimated to be only $1.38 a month for 2.5 STEEM and Qurator an upvote of $0.102 per post or $3.06 per month.
If you count the illiquid rewards part (Steem Power) I think it breakseven though (?) and still somewhat guarantees that my account is growing to which is what I am after for.
It's a slow growth but for someone who is very lazy in engaging lately here in Steem, I can't complain that much. XD At least I am not using bidbots and/or kiss-assing on the whales right?! I can sleep in peace at night!