I think it's already discouraging users from using InLeo Threads, since this issue with bots and spam isn't new; they've been dealing with it for many months now. I used to publish my review posts through InLeo and they would vote for me, as long as I followed their rules and everything. I didn't need to pay for Premium or anything for them to recognize and value my content.

Now... If you don't have Premium, $SURGE, $LSTR, $TZLA, etc., then you don't get voted for, nobody sees you. Literally everyone with Premium is busy creating threads on InLeo about their project, reblogging bot threads, or just generating hype about the prices. If you don't talk about what Khal and his team talk about, then you're marginalized; if you don't have Premium, then your content isn't seen on their front page. It's as if the old Crypto Tweet took shape in Hive in the form of a Microblog Front end called InLeo.

It's sad, really. :'v