That is the reality what about happening now. A Good articles are not appreciated properly just because the author's reputation is still low, It could be due to a newcomer. I've ever to quip a little bit about it (https://busy.org/@lamkote/steemian-the-student).
So, naturally if the outhors using the services of bots to speed up the process. As you said earlier, perhaps because of the lack of curation of dolphins and whales. Thank you for your article which represents our feelings gurei @binjeeclick
Agree, as a newcomer we get less attention!