Thanks for writing this up. I hope it doesn't fall on deaf ears. Steemit can only become more attractive to content creators and viewers as the distribution of payouts becomes fairer. It's curious that they seem to push such large votes on a few people repeatedly when it would get people way more hyped with even a few dollar votes spread out here and there. I can see how it's hard indeed for those who are in the position to make something and get an almost assured chance to get a few hundred dollars worth from a post every time to not take the opportunity at every chance, but it definitely isn't the route to mass adoption.