I think that this is how the world works or even the Universe. There is a law of resistance. Universe works the way that things happen in the way with less resistance - that is the most efficient way of doing things.
Of course that means that by doing such things you attract the same people. In other words - you post fast content just to get fast rewards and the place becomes what it says - money talks. 😂
Btw, when I found out about it, I was not very happy, too.
The incentives are aligned in such a way that copy-pasting and low-effort posting is the norm.
So, the value of Steem is going to converge on the value of such data - which isn't scarce by any means - which eventually trends towards zero.
That's the future of Steemit, if nothing changes.
But having this knowledge helps you to make a better decisions.
And all of that because of this information.