I completely agree and i have been trying to raise this point myself but of course since nobody really votes for content, but rather for persons or whichever post gets them the highest payout, hardly anybody reads my posts.
I upvoted yours, maybe you get lucky and this sort of discussion can finally make it to Hot or Trending. Because this moment, big names on Steemit can just take a dump on the keyboard, post it and see it on Trending in a matter of hours netting them several hundred dollars worth. Just look at Jerry Banfield getting $250 for his terryfing shirtless pic post.. This is completely insane, and if it is not addressed and changed will lead to the downfall of Steemit I believe. If Steemit only ends up being a financial upvoting circle then that has significant impact on it's value compared to the social network it wants to be.
I also submitted my post for whaleshares channel because I would like to raise this problem.
My previous post about bots and trails even appeared in Walrus blog. he resteemed it
I also remember how some of whale-witness posted a post with title "Test" and body "Do not upvote this post" and then he counted amounts and votes made by bots
Yes, this is exactly the problem. I don't mind anybody posting anything.. but when the 'value' of this platform is supposed to be content, when it is in reality some kind of money-chasing platform.. then that's a problem
Yes, I've mentioned the poor utility of the bucket of crabs approach in the comments of my recent post on Steemit's issues.
The concept does not work simply because humans are smarter than crabs. Just as the major banks of the U.S. got together and formed a cartel on Jekyll Island, so too are the "whales" here uniting to control the rewards pool.
We need to work together on bringing this to an end if we're to make Steemit anything more than a short-lived circle-jerk.