Nah, I have been considering writing about this issue as well. You are spot on! I have been on Steemit 11 months posting nearly every day and doing my best to make sure 90% of that content is value add.
I want people to vote on my stuff cause they like it or because it helped them. If I upvote someone I don't expect it back, but the voter reciprocity dynamic is something I struggle with and have voted for stuff at times out of feeling obligated, which doesn't make me feel good.
It's sad to see, but with the big influx for noobs we have seen it alot lately. I understand for some it's just a money grab and I can't even hate on that because that's just a part of society. However, w hen I had 1k SP no one would talk to me, now I get blown up all the time - so a bit amusing.
On the flipside - I appreciate my followers and the support I get from them. Like the saying goes - I'd rather have 1,000 true heads beside me than 100,000 fake people behind me :-)
I have 4k SP - not much, but already suffer from such attacks. I imagine how it feels with yours 10k. May be steemit needs some kind of additional filter, I don't know...