This sums everything up in a nutshell. The reason people blame bots is because its easier to put the blame on something or someone, rather than taking responsibility for your own actions.
I automate a pretty large network, and I can actually say my PVs and EVs are at an all time low in compared to a couple months ago. I usually get an EV when adding account to proxy, and that's it.
People try and complete too many actions hourly and daily, and then complain when they get banned. Yes, you might of been able to do it a year ago or a few months ago.. but you need to learn to adapt to changes. If you're performing 150 actions every hour and 1000 actions a day, do you not expect to eventually get banned?
Mix a little common sense, with responsible automation settings and you'll be just fine. Continue to listen to people who are telling you its safe to follow 800 people, and like 500 people, while unfollowing another 500 people and sending 100 DMs a day, and you're going to get what you deserve.
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One last thing, I notice some people dont think proxies are a problem. I've done hours, days and weeks of testing, and I can say with 100% certainty that the proxy/ip you use, along with the quality of the account(method it was made with along with the proxy/ip used to make it) + your account settings will be the deciding variable whether and when you'll be getting verifications consistently.
There are alot of sellers, and even some on here that are selling poorly created accounts, as well as people selling accounts that were used in their smm panels(for mass actions), so while you think you're getting an account that's been aged and just sitting that's not always the case. Sometimes these accounts have already been abused. How do I know? Because a seller had already admitted this to me after I bought some accounts in bulk, and they were already permanently follow blocked.
So do your due diligence before buying accounts in bulk, so that way you can save yourself a headache in the long run.