How will Steemit look like if votes were guaranteed?

...So I actually think Steemit wouldn't look too good.

I would say that this is what happens with voting bots. The user is guaranteed their vote, irrespective of what they share. So the majority of users just post anything to get their vote.

I agree with what you say about birthday votes. It'll also be another reason for scammers to create even more fake accounts - all with different birthdays. And then the curators will need to record when people's birthdays are so that people don't claim multiple birthdays.

I think that you're too downbeat about your own content. I always enjoy the honesty behind your words even if I don't always agree with them. I far prefer to read your honesty than a lot of the superficial content that I see.