Unfortunately when there is potential money involved people will do whatever they can do get some. The potential on Steemit is massive and it will take a while for the whole burning in process to settle down.

As Steemit progresses i believe these types of posts will eventually fade. Original user content is where success is generated, and i am sure the voting system will reflect that in the near future. For me i have been on so many social platforms and see posts on a daily basis so it is easy to see the difference between a post that reflects effort and one that takes 2 minutes to achieve. I simply don't vote at all on anything that looks slapped on, and vote on what i believe is valuable to the Steemit community.