In an early part of a companies life span it is normal to be as unbalanced as this. But I agree it is hard to see a meh post get to high $xxx because it caught one whale's eye.
I still believe to get $x,xxx while you need luck, you also need quality.
If Steemit gets big these whales will begin to divest and that will spread the wealth a lot more, but in the mean time you still need to get lucky