It is almost a year for me on steemit and I have grown to accept the trending page flaws and self upvotes. I still have hope that things will change and that is why I won't be leaving. Can not wait for SMT and steemmonster to start. The platform still has a bright future and if things get fixed like no more reward pool rape and trending page then steem to the moon. Thanks.
It is a matter of realizing that Steem's blockchain is the first mover. If they do not fix their warts others will eat into their market share. This could be one.