Steemit is a business social network, of course, if you want to make money then you have three options :

1. Invest in Steem ( Steem Power )
2. Make quality post
3. Make combination ( 1 and 2 )

Steemit is not a social institution that helps those who have no money, Steemit is a business model that gives everyone a chance to make money.

To me, downvote is a business model disaster, instead, it should have the tools as a ban on my personal followers' list. This gives preference to those with Steem Power to control what they like or dislike. The bottom line is that the value of Steem depends on 1. Investors (those who have Steem power), 2. marketing (those who promote the Steem ecosystem ), 3. developers who build applications in the interest of Steem promotion.

I agree that this is a business and that we need to attract a large mass of users and investors.

I agree that it has to be paid for the trending page, everything else is a complete failure for me.