Seems like large voters have trails encourages users to try to get their vote. This creates a type of vote-buying atmosphere. Most of the rewards on posts are from BidBots. Trevon was promoting the absolute shit out of Bitconnect. Whether it was all his idea or he was also scammed I'm not sure. I would assume he was kind of duped as well..
He is a whale, as you mentioned, that should be a role model for Steem minnows. However, he does not even participate in witness voting, one of the most important aspects of the Steem ecosystem. If he was so wise and educated, he should be expected to know the importance of witness voting and those that are doing what they can to help the community.
I watched a live stream video of Trevon one day where he decided the restaurant he was eating at did not deserve to get paid for serving him. So he just got up and walked out. What a wonderful person. And he willingly recorded and broadcasted that to the internet. Makes one wonder what types of behavior he exhibits in private.
I guess I am glad you are getting some type of benefit from this guy, but he is FAR FROM GOOD and most definitely should not be looked up to. Steem already has a lot of great influential whales that are not just out to scam everyone out of their money..
We both, you and I, think spam is useless on the blockchain. But Trevon isn't doing anything to prevent spam.
I agree that there will always be people who just want an upvote but those people will be reprimanded which in turn dissuades any future spamming/shitposting he is effectively on the front line in the war against spam.
As far as him being a good guy i think we will just have to disagree on that one as i think he is a stand up guy.