I saw @therealpaul's post a few minutes ago. I voted your comment to the top because I know I'll get a lot of views and I hope they go visit his blog as well.
"Steemit is broken.."? You're paraphrasing. I never said that. This is two months of work that probably won't trend because I'm not allowed to purchase votes. How would the other artists feel if I was arrogant and self-righteous enough to decide on my own that my work should be at the top? I can easily afford those votes, but I'm not allowed to buy them. If my work is good, it's not up to me to say so.
You're right, I was paraphrasing. You have never said "Steemit is broken." I don't think those three words are false as stated though. It is broken... in certain ways... but it's a miracle in other ways, too.
I'm trying, with my little vote, to help put you up there. But if you do someday get there, I probably won't notice... because I don't read trending. Because it's full of garbage that people have bought votes on. If enough people think like that, perhaps a negative feedback loop will kick in. After all, if it doesn't mean anything to be trending, why would people pay to trend?
Bingo.