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sorting the good from the bad is called

Curation

as opposed to
.

automated vote harvesters

which are NOT selective.
they harvest the

pretty much the same as these bugs.
.

THUS

Automated vote harvesting harms Steemit.
.
it gives too much credit to the bad stuff
and not enough credit to the good stuff
it lumps the good with the bad.
.
It profits from poor quality
and
degrading the quality of Steemit.