That's great point. I think if the quality of content is sacrificed in order to please the SEO gods, that probably would not be perceived very well by the community. Our system of rewards is imperfect and the voting behavior is even less perfect, but I still believe this community would not vote excessively on something that's poor quality content.
Please join Steemit.chat and contact me there. I'd love to continue the discussion.
'Real life' is getting in the way of steemit chat for now, but I've given you a follow and will keep in touch!