You're gonna get 100% of my vote and solely because I "feel" your words so much. Scale the money you can reward down about 10x and that's about where I'm at now. Though the emotions you are experiencing should be relatively the same. It's like the old adage, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Therefore, I say this. The blockchain doesn't care less about morality or fairness. It will keep on paying out according to the rules it is bound by. Hence, the responsibility comes down to us and how we choose to wield it.
You've done phenomenally well and proud of yourself, you should be. Let's just hope that most of the "big " players of Steemit hold the same set of upstanding values as you do, sir.
Bless, my brother...