No, because it discourage real bloggers, which do not want to buy votes, and they just want to write good article. Good content is what brings new users to the platform, because good article can save me hundreds of dollars if it will teach me something.
Also, few cents will not convince any serious adult to join steemit, because he can easily earn 100 hundreds times more in an hour, and thanks to that he can easily invest in STEEM as serious person.
Since SteemSports is constantly on trending page, I have a problem to bring new talented users on the platform, as I did with @zuch.media, @cwbrooch, @kambrysia or @lukmarcus, and many others. They are just seeing, that this place right now encouraging more bribing your readers , rather than real work and time spent on preparing and writing great article.
E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. Thank you for chiming in with great feedback. Steemit will not do well if we let this continue. @dantheman knows it. I have in depth analyses int he works, so hopefully more people will come to understand the issue with clarity instead of personal blinders blinding them.