Automated circle jerking won't impact quality? Are you sure? Why do you think that; is it because it hasn't in the past? Or because you think it is a good idea to let vote size depend on the size of the other's persons wallet or vote?
Content-agnostic curation, especially when automated, frustrates our real content providers and drives them away.
This is yet another nail in Steemit's coffin.
As a plankton the steem-bounty service was one of my favorites. It exposed me to new content and users with no commitment to upvote anyone.
This sounds like it will reward in a matched vote instead of curation rewards.