RE: ... — Hive

I can see both sides of the issue. Steemit reflects the real world in the distribution of wealth. I suppose the difference here is that the people at the top are trying to and are encouraged to redistribute the wealth using their votes. As time goes on the inequality should go down. It is unlikely to go away but I don't think we can expect a platform like Steemit to solve a problem that is as old as civilisation. That would simply be unrealistic.

I have been critical of @steemed in the past, not because I have anything against him rewarding a certain group of writers which he likes but more for the issue of using bots. This is my personal opinion though and I suppose as long as he at least reviews the choices of his bots to make sure that people aren't posting complete garbage or copy paste posting other people's work I don't think any great wrong is being done.

I think part of the problem here is that there are a few people who are whales. They are not super human. They have limited time like the rest of us and there is a limit to what they can do or see.

That's why in the past I have suggested giving people the ability to delegate their voting power for short periods. A whale who is short of time could nominate someone whose opinion and curation they respect to use their voting power for say a week.

This person would then be able to vote as if they were that whale. This would not only bring fresh perspective and diversity but would also help to fight accusations of favouritism. I'm not sure how easy it would be to implement as I'm not a programmer.

I sympathise with those who feel frustrated as it can seem that good material is getting overlooked. Like I said - this happens all the time in real life. There are probably millions of great writers, artists, musicians who will never make it big or have their work appreciated to the degree they deserve.

Steemit is trying to improve things but it can't and won't ever be perfect. It is a work in progress. As long as we all do our bit to up-vote content we like and reward (no matter how small it may be) good material we are all helping to move things in the right direction.

Also I have been reading work by both @rok-sivante and @stellabelle and I have yet to come across anything that I would deem to be of low quality or not deserving a like. If they did post something like that I must have missed it.

I personally think there is a big future for Steemit that's why this last night and this morning I doubled my SP from around 1000 to 2000. That may be laughably small to most people but it is a lot for me and shows how much I believe in this platform.

Anyway sorry for the long response. In summary I think we all need to be realistic everyone can't become rich overnight in real life and it isn't realistic to expect that in Steemit.

Thanks for reading:)