The AI drivel drowning out real writing is a problem for sure. And the bots/fake reads negatively impacting our stories as well. But the boost has obvious systemically corrupt issues. I also wrote about how creatively dull the boost effect risks becoming due to the narrow parameters and money motivations inherent in the nominating system. I also don't see why a nominator or editor should potentially earn more than a writer on any given piece. Sorry but cap that shit now, and stop the incestuousness of all of it. None of my boosts have come close to an old viral piece monetarily, and the undercutting of the rest of our non-boosted writing is a further sting in the tail.