On the subject of rewarding good content and discouraging bad content- I ran an experiment a few days ago. I posted a very articulate, well written article about a serious subject that is essential to everyone (our dependency upon the power grid and how to become independent.) Got $0 for it.
The next day, I posted a sensational headline with a attention grabbing picture, about 3 lines of content and a question- hoping to start some discussion, similar to a FB post where people are commenting on the link. I got $0.4 for it.
That indicates that on Steemit, a crappy post that I put up in a few minutes is worth 4 times as much as the serious one that took me several hours to write.
Of course, if I was a whale with a big following on Youtube and I posted a total crap post on Steemit, I would still make hundreds.
Steemit is a great concept, but it's not quite there yet. Is there any work being done to address this type of thing?
Oh by the way 
RE: Cheetah Bot Explained.