Good article and about time! I have just stopped upvoting content like these and would like more users to look into it and understand. I am also alarmed that this trend is picking up as I see a lot more of "featured" stuff these days. I agree with you that this can only affect steemit adversely in the long run.
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Ditto. If I could pat the original writer on the back, I would... But I'm not about to upvote a middleman.
The curation automation problem has gotten out of hand...
The first post in this series addressed it head on. Whale Bots are cancer in the Steemit ecosystem when not properly monitored and tweaked.