I might have puzzled out why you receive pretty much upvoted when buying votes. While most of the time it aren't really high valuable votes and they pretty much directly stop the minute you stop buying upvotes from the bots.

Most people that check trending and hot are the newbies. The Steemonians that don't know yet that trending and hot are spoiled because of the bots.
So the minute you stop buying upvotes, those people won't see your posts anymore. And that's also the reason why you basically don't get any upvotes from whales, orcas and even dolphins.

So I still wonder if this on long term will bring any success? I'm quite sure about one thing. If anyone can pull it off, it's got to be you!