@winstonwolfe, having been in this type of gig for almost 20 years... part of what we see here requires us to become brutally honest about (a) users of the site and (b) the overall objective of Steemit.
Based on past experience (and a huge pit of "failed" content sites!) these kinds of comments come-- broadly speaking-- from two two kinds of users:
People who authentically "want to be part of a social content site that rewards." They are the first ones you describe. They learn, they adapt and become lasting community members.
The PROBLEM comes from people who join "because it's a system to get free cash" Elsewhere-- Squidoo, Bubblews... other sites going back to 1999... we called them "clicking for cash cockroaches." Might sound harsh... but they are mostly "transfers" from venues like Amazon's "mechanical turk" and other "clicking for cash" sites where they earn ONE CENT for clicking on ten ads and so forth.
Why a "problem?" Because their number is LEGION. Not "thousands." "Millions." Problem, not because of what they do, but because they are numerous enough to drown out ALL OTHER CONTENT if left unchecked. Problem, because after a while, legitimate contributors look at the spam soup and think "Yanno, this place kinda sucks!" and leave... while the "roaches" stay behind and keep mining their 1/10c per comment "until the well runs dry.
Some "freedomists" argue that "it won't happen on Steemit because we're on the blockchain!" Nice ideology, but WRONG. Being "on the blockchain" exempts us from all sorts of things.. but not from human nature. Sure, the blockchain will live on... but we'll also be sitting with 2-cent Steem, because INVESTORS will look at this and see Steem represented by a garbage pit... and that'll make it "just another shitcoin" in short order...
Sorry about the mini-rant....
Gonna come out and say your mini rant hit the nail on the head better than @joesph's article. I read a shit ton on this site, after an article I'll read through most of, if not all of the comments, based on interest and debate. Then I will make a comment based on what I have read. After that I will generally hit edit and add, 'Great post' to clarify that I read the initial post. By the time you get through everything, you've really burned a lot of time. Garbage like people upvoting there own comments should be remedied in Hardfork 20, and people like this shahzaib should be jettisoned from earnings faster than an enema takes to kick in.
Great post @joesph 😄
Good rant! I have proposed solutions - encoded solutions - but it will take a wave of vote-shuffling the witnesses to get them to agree to some significant changes.