I honestly didn't read the whole post. But I still have to say something about the subject as I do in fact own a small account. If I upvote a whale I get 0.001 Steem. If I upvote a small account I can get 0.000 up to 0.001.
With the way Steemit currently works there is no incentive whatsoever to upvote small accounts. I truly hope this will change with the next fork. But for now Steemit just doesn't work for small accounts, and it's a shame...
And then there is the matter of quality. Since the way Steemit works right now there is no incentive to work on quality content, unless you already have a following potentially coming from other platforms such as Youtube.
Why would we need to make posts every day? I think posts should be made when you have something to say, not just because you make a ton of money with a shit post. The money should be distributed a bit more evenly. I'm not saying I want tho make as much money as the big guys do, but I am 100% sure that some people get WAY too much money and some of them even use it for marketing purposes. I mean come on... Showing posts like "Hey I made 1k dollars with a single post, you should join Steemit too". This is ridicolous and misleading.
That being said, I hope the Steemit devs fix these problems soon. I am aware that changes are coming, so I'll refrain from any further critical commenting for now.