Steemit is far from what I saw it to be from the beginning.
Buying of votes has made people who don't worth it gain reputation.
Also selling votes to bots is really killing the system everyday. Whales were supposed to upvote to get more steem Power, now they sell it to get steemit.com power.
Well I know we are in a competitive world and someone somewhere is working on solving this problem
RE: Reputation Can Be Purchased Through Vote Buying - Does it Matter?