I'm leaving Steemit as soon as my account is powered down over this crap.
Right now due to the way everything works, Steemit operates like a ponzi scheme for enriching the early whales and their friends.
It also causes the entire platform to be stagnant - the same threads from the front are still there from a week ago. Due to the way vote-weighting works, only the threads that whales upvote are even seen at all.
It's completely broken and irredeemable.
your pessimism will not be missed, once you do leave. :-)
and your honest feedback IS still appreciated. pessimistic perspectives do have their value, too.