"... which I personally believe are working against building our user base."
If we are to be honest with each other and with ourselves, I am quite sure that you realize that under Steemit's current design, its user base of active members will never grow beyond its current level, and if fact, will continue to decline as it has been doing over the past year. New members sign up. Perhaps they invest in some Steem, and perhaps not. But as soon as they discover that it is virtually impossible to make any money with the platform, they will want out as quickly as possible. The only thing creating the "illusion" of greater support, is the fact that it takes 13 weeks to get your investment back. Remove that barrier, and I am confident that you would find that Steemit would essentially become a ghost town overnight.
If Steemit became a ghost town overnight as you say and the price plummeted, I think that it would present a very real opportunity for growth.
I agree, it is very difficult for small accounts to receive rewards. Even most of the votes we are awarded evaporate into the largest stake holders accounts.! The same as it happens in all Communist States.
We can moan and grown about how much the situation sucks for ever, and it will not make things better at all lol
We need to focus on what we DO want, not what we don not want.
So let me ask you the question:
What positive changes do you want to see?
Lets talk about that and find ways of getting closer to making that happen.
If you could contribute something positive toward moving the platform toward a democratic process for choosing our top twenty witnesses, that would be enough.
What would you need to change about the management of your account to achieve that I wonder
Please read the whitepaper before speaking again.