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Agreed. I attribute it to many people feeling this issue and wanting to see the topic discussed here since the comments are often very enlightening. Not actually about the article's quality.

The other problem is that lots of people upvote without reading - or even skimming.

Great title? I'll upvote it now and read it later. Maybe.

Upvoting to save for reading the article later. I've done this a few times, though I try to be sure the article seems good enough.

Yes, there are a lot of measures taken to try to cut down on voting rings, etc. But I agree that this article is garbage.