100% agree. You not only elucidated my ideas but also, so many others. In reading the comments here and in other blogs, so many agree with you. It is good to bring these points out. Now we need some constructive ideas.....how to make the change? How to make it better?

Recently I wrote a reply to an @adsactly blog post regarding a similar situation and suggested that the original developers of Steemit make some changes to the code. But she said he (I think Ned?) won't and he controls something like 40+%.

There are some whales who do make an effort to distribute their upvotes around to a lot of people. They recognize that for Steemit to continue and to grow, they need to reward people to keep them active in Steemit.

What we can do is what you said. In our group of Fitness Challenge we support each other by upvoting others in the group. That gives both some financial reward and added motivation to continue to workout and stay healthy. @the villan posted this idea and you have been generous in upvoting the members of the group. This creates a good feeling in everyone.