There was a post by Coach Tony that stated stated that manufactured engagement and read for read etc just to promote income would be penalized and caps on the number of comments etc were in place. I can’t find his original comment . But here are some others.

https://medium.com/@samtzelin/the-main-problem-is-that-they-cant-differentiate-us-from-ai-8a68522a8282

https://medium.com/illumination/scammers-are-said-to-be-behind-september-earnings-bubble-burst-e543a3714f

https://medium.com/the-pub/the-parable-of-the-broken-toy-machine-43f01d05bda6