@bendjmiller22 we could back into this instead by doing something like - removing the ability to upvote a post without actually opening the posts
I am no expert coder, but I would be surprised if there was not a way to "trick" steemit into thinking you clicked a blog post and then voted, when in reality you coded a mouse to click, scroll down and then vote at a certain percentage. I do like the idea of having people need to read the articles so it is not like picking your favorite pony based on the name attached to the post. nobody makes a great article every time, but with bots it can make some of the mediocre posts seem fantastic and encourage others to try to attempt something similar.
Taking the human element of reading and voting is a double edged sword. Nobody has the time to read everything, but at the same time it doesn't do justice to reward someone without knowing what the article was even about except that you got curation from it.
I know great minds like @donkeypong and company are looking in to this, but the more input we get the better the chance we have at some great solutions.