Steem is a scam. Some people put so much money in it.. I've even read an article by some guy who quit his day job in order to write for Steemit full time.
This is sad, Ned and whatever's-his-name are probably laughing right now. Their plan probably went like 10x better than they expected. They even got people to pay to promote steemit on steemit itself. Such absurd nonsense you don't see everyday.
Most whales were probably those in the know and I don't see articles by Charlie Shrem, whoever he was, writing shit about his prison life and getting like a thousand bucks per article. I don't see those articles anymore. That was shady, guys.
People won't leave because of sunk cost. That's a vicious concept, read about it. Don't get scammed again.
That said, reading the trending section shows the money is much better spread than it used to be. Maybe it's not so bad after all. There's much jealousy in the air.
It's not jealousy, it's a fact. This is a situation denounced by several months reputations 60+. That's why were creating Curie Project, Robin Hood, Steem-trail, etc ..