I don't use bots and I did 5 posts for the week. Because I have so few, people will read a lot of them as opposed to having that many, it is too much trouble to pick which one to vote for. I would do two a day and spend more time on those than making a bunch. You probably have a core crowd. You can try it for one week and see how it goes. I was doing 2-3 a day and getting the same votes as when I did one. I don't think there is a real science to it, but yes I see the Appics... is that votes or $$$

Because a lot of votes can be bots.