I followed these things the last weeks, and... It's sad, but it's reality.
So my thinking about Steemit changed, too. I started to use bots now, a legal tool offered by the Steemit system. I learned already, if one use them carefully it can help to grow, but one must be really careful, even some bots (behind every bot stand a human) are scammers.
It's money that matters on Steemit....