Thanks so much for this post! As a new steemer, I could not agree more with the issues you raise here. I want a more user-friendly steemit with additional ways of posting and of categorizing my posts. And, yea, highschool all over again with the goofy whale hierarchy baloney. Why is steem power based on steem wealth? Ugh. Isn't that why we are choosing blockchain and crypto- bc we are soooo tired of the Sumerian stranglehold on humanity!