This one user (not mentioning publicly, I'd send you on discord if you wanted to check yourself) was getting a lot of support on plagiarized posts.
Now I went back to check, he apparently was blacklisted by steemcleaners recently and most of the votes have been removed, which is why I'm not mentioning it publicly as I think it could very well be an error of my judgement on my part (and I really hope it is an error on my part).
Some of the votes are still there and it seems like they hadn’t checked for plagiarism before voting. The user has appealed to steemcleaners.
So I'll follow him a bit more and see how it goes on from there.
Most posts that can be plagiarized are boring anyway. I don't see why people bother posting generic information. A social setting like this, adding personality goes such a long way. People don't follow writing, they follow writers. They don't follow art, they follow artists. They don't follow photos, they follow photographers. I find it so strange people post blandness and expect to get paid. Those groups that help keep the streets clean are important. They get a bad name but those words are usually coming from shit heads who tried to cheat and got caught.