Yeah, it's a tough one... the coveted whale vote and the random dtube vote train people to produce content... not good content, just consistent content.
However, the benefit to this is that the blockchain gets activity... and it sets a pretty low bar for others to try and replicate.
I, obviously, prefer the curie model where your work has to be really, really good to get an upvote... but obviously that is a ton more work than simply setting up an autovote.
Is activity better than quality?
Depends if you’re Crypto-Keynesian or not. If you are, you also think that being listed on more exchanges inevitably increases the value of the token.