@rok-sivante, first of all, thank you for your honesty. I am also thankful for the upvotes I've got from you a handful of times. Much appreciated! - You said it yourself, you've used bots but I'm living proof of the fact that you've been voting manually too.

I guess most people are doing that. They use bots or curation trails and upvote content manually too. At some point. However, I do believe it's time to review the users and update the lists. There's nothing wrong with automated systems, as long as one keep track of the process.

Tons of authors have started to provide crap content and are STILL being well-rewarded for their contributions and that's not only wrong.. It will also lead to less quality content in general, as people will start to produce less quality to reap rewards just like "established steemians" are doing.

I am sorry for sharing my article here, but I truly believe it fits perfectly: Is This What I Want? - Is This What I Have To Do? - These Posting Patterns Is NOT What I Had In Mind.

I believe hard work and quality content will be rewared, at some point... But seriously speaking, it's annoying to see all this crap reaping this much rewards when you're putting in TONS of hours yourself without earning a fraction of the amount they make.

• That's from the article I mentioned.

With that being said, I actually didn't think of it like this.. And truth to be told, if people reviewed their lists and changed the users they're voting for... They'd still reap curation rewards as others would do the same. - And it would bring quality content to Steemit again.

Thank you for a great read. I enjoyed it and I'm glad someone brought this up. - Let's see if any changes will be made in the near future. I just wish the established Steemians would stop to publish ~8 articles per day just to reap as much rewards as they can... They take advantage of the support they've got and I can see why, but it's terrible and it will ultimately hurt the entire platform.