It's sad to say, because a dim view of humanity, but there have always been people who are willing to take advantage of a system, any system, to profit themselves, even at the expense of others. The scary part is that this could get far worse if Steemit begins to see exponential growth. Sure there are groups and individuals who are doing a wonderful job finding and stopping spam and the like, but immense growth in the user base could easily swamp them. I'm not sure what the solution is, but it's good to see people like yourself at least trying to keep the abuses in check.