I've been railing about the bots since my minnow was two weeks old. If you're not in the auto-curate fraternity, it is really hard to gain traction on steemit. Earnings will be slightly off today for steemians who anticipate $300 payouts for every piece of content they put up.

Take a look at the payouts in the "Hot" and "Trending" tabs, off by a ton. No votes being cast.