I am ok with characterization for identity, but i am not ok when some one does it to show superiority over other.
Those who have power on steemit, dictates and put's his terms and conditions on the platform. I have seen many such cases on this platform. Yesterday i came across a case where a big whale downvoted all of his competitors posts to zero. This is clearly not healthy for the platform. Would not like to name anybody because we all have to stay in this small community together.
Before joining steemit what i had learned about this platform was that you are going to get paid to write articles. The more good your article is the better your payment will be. But after joining steemit i realized it is a completely different animal to tame. Along with writing good posts one has to spend his time here forming communities. And Also building strategies is very important for success.
In real world the rich 1% hold's most of the worlds wealth. On steem blockchain it is nothing different. Wealth concentration among just 35 whales is just a confirmation of that. This wealth concentration might actually prove disastrous for steemit. If a whale decides to power down completely then he ends up destroying the price of steem. This would in return create losses to others.
I believe with time things will improve. I believe there will be a proper wealth distribution among all steemians. I believe in return a proper wealth distribution will help in the growth of this platform.
I'm actually not concerned about their wealth. They surely worked hard for their money.
It's rather alarming that these few have almost complete control over the influence on the platform. If only a small group is able to decide on what's trending or not, the result is not very representative in the end. Someone who joins the platform and is able to create amazing content may not even be heard if they don't buy themselves in with a decent amount of Steem.
Even if you spend half of your day in chatrooms 'networking', that's still no guarantee to be seen on the site. Besides that from my personal point of view chatrooms are just a waste of time, but that's my personal opinion :-)
If I could address two wishes then these would be:
Then equality of opportunity would be reinstalled.