@stellabelle I was one of those 3 people and I completely agree with you. It is quite annoying. The ideal situation would be that whales use the free voting power that they get everyday to upvote posts that they like and think would improve the platform.

Some whales do this, however we can see many upvote posts with bots to maximize their profits. It does come down to greed in human nature, people wanting more and more power.

I think the best thing is to do what you do and vote on integrity. If minnows see quality posts from other minnows hit trending they may be more inclined to produce quality content themselves in order to succeed on this platform. But it can also go the other way, if upvote bots and poor, copy and paste content is the best way to hit trending we will see more of that produced on the platform. 

The more sp someone holds when they curate the more they will affect the future quality of the platform.