And down to the readers...I have lost track of the bookmarked Steemit posts I never read
hmm, title looks good, upvote, bookmark, move on, I PROMISE I'll come back
And that's the reason I see 2 views on many a post that has literally hundreds of upvotes. The reality often doesn't reflect the perceived fame of an article. I would pretty much like to see people read articles first before upvoting. Make bookmarks instead of upvotes if you want to come back to read the actual text. (Please, guys?)
I think that curation bots are the number one reason you get that discrepancy, but you do have a point...
maybe require that the post actually be opened before voting?
Although I do that and still sometimes just skim before moving on
That might be worthy of a thought. :)