I know you all think that you are great authors and if only the bots weren't here you would be on trending. I actually think that is laughable.
Vote selling would still be here under 50/50. And it would be fucking cheaper. Everyone and their grandma would sell votes while grandpa would circle jerk with his buds.
This was never about economic incentives. It was about greed and how when you lack any kind of governance and community repressive tool you get cancerous growths draining the system.