bots have turned black hat gaming the system into a mainstream accepted practice....
But the reality is it essentially turning SteamIt into a spin zone of garbage for people mostly promoting cryptocurrency.
I have an 3 part article talking about this and other issues...
Take a look at part 1:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@richatvns/part1-why-steemit-is-going-to-fail-if-these-issues-are-not-addressed-quickly-and-what-we-can-do-to-prevent-it