Great article. I havent been here long but I see exactly what you are talking about. I came to steemit for the community aspect with hopes of a little financial gain in the process. At this point, it looks like neither of these will exist in the future. Its actually kind of sad. I hit 200 followers in my first month simply by writing quality blogs and engaging in the community. I don't have the capital to invest, so it seems that my voice still goes unheard. The whales who are building their empires simply toss their rewards back and forth leaving us peasants to feed on the scraps. They sit in their thrones, laughing at us, as we struggle to make a change. Our efforts go unrecognized. Most of them won't even allow us poor souls to lick their fingers when they feed. Something is going to have to change or those of us who havent already went running to the hills, are going to die off. The longer this goes on, the worse it will get. As they gain more sp and more sbd the value of steem will drop equally thus making it impossible for us to survive. Even with the amount of work and dedication that people like myself put into this platform, it takes a substantial amount of time and effort to see miniscule gains. There needs to be some way to encourage those who bring value to steemit to stick around. Even if its as simple as a single up vote or comment from one of these empires every now and then. I understand that their votes are worth money and that's why they keep them for themselves. That goes against the design and will not work in the end. If things keep moving in this direction, steemit is done and steem will shortly follow. I guess I'll stick around and see it out until the end, but that's just because I'm a sort of odd person. Its like staying in a burning house because you just got new carpet. I'll be here to watch it burn with you unless someone can put it out.
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