I think the idea, and I have no problem asking this to mark btw... but I think the idea was to make people share original content and care more about the platform.
Now one can argue about the approach, deterrents or incentives or a combination of both.
I tend to be an incentive kind of guy, but that is personal choice and I don't impose my will on others. However, believe it or not (some people don't know) - Mark has a very kind side too... I've seen him upvote a ton of minnow accounts... hundreds, for free... just because they were doing original content.
So also, to say his only activity is harassing people is not fair. And by the way before you think the wrong idea... I'm not kissing ass... if mark makes a mistake I tell him, i have no problem doing that, he is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but he does have good intentions as much as people who get this little bot's messages dont think so.