Oh I totally agree with you. Steem is something too big that any one person can control. It will move in direction with or without you or me. I am seeing it as creating opportunities that are quite radical. Radical in the sense that it isn't really main stream.
I am glad you are taking a break from all this. Burning out is no use to anyone and especially not to you. I hope the snow is powdery and you are having a ball.
Long story short. I am trying to grow a movement in which steemit users have the opportunity to plant trees via me. All this just for an upvote.
I have been working in international development (tourism and protected areas) for over 10 years. Long story short. I see steem as a radical new was of fund raising for worthy causes and projects. People simple click the upvote and voila! some funds raised at no cost.
Just over a month ago I planted one tree on behalf of Steemit. Just thought I could give something back and reduce our carbon foot print. Well I post about it and the feedback I got was amazing. I am now at my 6 post about it and I donate all the SBD to a local not for profit here in the village (northern peru). They give me tree saplings to plant and I plant.
I would like to increase my visibility for these posts, but even with well structured and detailed posts, at this stage may not bear fruit. What do you think? If you are interested please check out my posts on me panting trees for an upvote.
Thank you.