What is alternative to bots when starting out as plankton and BRoKE and time is against you!?

There is no short cuts to fame here.
Either you shake the hands and smile, or nobody cares.

High energy people tend to flame out and go rogue.
Those spammers are frustrated bloggers that can only earn by cheating proof of brain.

It doesnt help that stinc, steemit inc, is little better than their king.

I would advise not mass tagging folks, some of them flag.

There are no masses here, maybe a couple small crowds, but our halls are not overflowing, just yet.
Build your base, sign up your friends, and work to make steem do what you want it to do.
If you have ideas, give them to @steemalliance.