Wholeheartedly agreed @saramiller. I am seriously bamboozled how some of these shite-post are making so much on steemit. I'm a bit out of the loop on steemit for the last couple of months, but everytime I check in I see these post that are somehow gaming the system, and putting next to no effort into their post and calling it art.
A lot of shit is making a lot of money because we now have bots where you can buy upvotes.
I actually think that's an ingenious free market product, but the "problem" is individuals with "get rich quick" mindsets and low integrity.