Here's another perspective on this: I spent 10-years gigging as a pro musician in the 90's and eventually the audience gets sick of you no matter how good one might be. It's the same here for the most part. I see that people buy their exposure here but most of the feedback is fake or trivial over the long run.
There are some really interesting and talented people here so it's not a complete washout but if one is attempting to monetize human thought via social media then one should expect tons of crap! Hey, how much literal crap do humans produce every day? Any Davo's genius' have the low down on that stat? Nevertheless, there is a whole shitload of mindcrap and as A.I. takes over it wouldn't be the worst idea to monetize it. But I get that's a tough sell.
'Fixing Steemit'? Not going to happen as it functions as intended, IMO...And, yes, there are pros and cons to that.