I agree.

I did a post month or so back called "The Dangers of Pay to Play." At the end I sort of proposed a human curation voting service. One where you pay to be viewed, and the work would speak for itself, no votes would be guaranteed.

Pay to view, maybe, but I'm not paying to play. (Unless of course it's like the "Sword of Destiny" with a +10 to attack. Then I would be silly, not to at least consider it.)