We are still in the early stages of Steem and Steemit to be honest. And who knows what SMT's are going to do for the platform and whether they result in Steemit dying and SMT's becoming the focus instead, a platform outside of the main platform.

For as long as whales can continue to dominate this site and make money posting legitimate garbage and junk, sustained through self upvotes and bots, this site is always going to be unbalanced and push people away. It's very hard to succeed here.