Hi @hitmeasap, While I don't argue that many people bot vote and lend their voting power to others.
I do want to point out there are many other ways to read a post besides just SteemIt. (This only shows those who read it via SteemIt.)
Some view it directly from the blockchain, and others via Busy.io - There are quite a few others.
Not trying to distract from your post, but provide a bit more information. Too be fair, many posts get more votes than views. Over time, I am not as concerned about this as I used to be.
That is very true! - Sorry for not including that in the post. It totally slipped my mind. Thanks for sharing it! :)
With that said, and having that in mind, I still believe it would increase the amount of eyeballs multiple times, if they removed the option to vote on content directly from the front page.
That's a good point actually. I hadn't thought of that either.