It's been getting better though. Various tribes, or communities, that use SCOTs (side chain tokens on Steem) have been moderating themselves.
Unfortunately, where stake is king, whales decide the trend and can often go unchallenged.
Well, I guess the main problem is the rewards. Most are not here for the "decentralized", "censorship resistant", etc, aspects. Hence why many still believe they are being censored despite all their data is still on the chain.
Although, I won't disagree with having issues with being demonetized because some dude(s) don't like you.