@matrixdweller, you are right, but the very foundation of steemit produces whales inherently. People who consistently provide good content will accrue large amounts of steem power, which in turn causes them to grow even faster, making them trend and build a following. We all already know that Steem power= influence and so we have to live with it, unless we want them to change the way steem power is earned, but that may only reduce mobility further, much like how haphazard taxation squeezes the middle classes who have fought so hard to elevate themselves. The whales are only going to get fatter, the best we can do is try and fatten ourselves from their blubber in the hopes of one day joining them.