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Unfortunately this is the way steem works now. A lot of the posts on the trending page got there by buying votes. Personally i dont think it's a good thing but the market has spoken. At least Smartsteem is putting in some sort of quality control.

Well said. I agree wholeheartedly.

I agree with you in principal, but this is the way the market works now. You can adapt or die (figuratively speaking, that is.)