The worst part is that if someone with a lot of steem power upvotes his own post, people will probably upvote him, even if his post is crappy.
Well you hit that one the nose! However, I think most of the whales do not do this (thankfully) but their name alone would attract the upvotes. so... the crappy post would still thrive.
Thanks for the read, needed something good to read this Sunday morning :)
If you make a post, you upvote it automatically. Next time you post something pay attention to this.