Normally yes, that's what happen.
But when you give let's say to a bot 1 $ and get a 1.5 $ back in return, if you take out the curation reward the bot also gets, your profit is 20-30 cents. Ok, my math wasn't super exact, but close.
In mosts cases, the ROI is actually negative and you hope you might get some extra votes to break even or have a profit.
The 20 - 30 cents in the above scenario sounds about right. That's a 20% to 30% ROI, I can see why so many people do it.
The trick is to find undersold bots if you're going to buy upvotes. Also, to avoid buying upvotes on platforms that take benefactor rewards is probably wise.
It appears to me that this is happening as much as it is because it is profitable, but I'll check the links above, thank you. :)
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