I was going to mention the EOS future platform just before reading your last paragraphs.
Competition will force both platforms to take only the best decisions and not be surpassed by the other.
I don't know if @Dan's platform will be better, but I certainly think it will help with the popularity of blockchain based social media. We will have to see who ends up being the leader in the end.
Either way, the best for us is to try to build a good community doing whatever we can so this project can find success, whatever the whales do is up to them and they should act with a lot of responsibility giving the magnitude of their actions.
Cheers bro!
Agreed, we can only do our part to improve the platform! Excited to see the EOS platform, it might be a situation where both survive and thrive, but there are some improvements that could be made to steemit for sure