This is in response to a recent post.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@lifeinspired/goodbye-steemit-thank-you-minnows
It was heartbreaking to read the post. I am certain that this guys speaks for most minnows in one way or other. So I want to address these issues.

There is a great sense of maldtribution of awards on steemit. The minnows feel unworthy and disrespected when hours and days of their work goes unrecognized whereas a post with a few pics and a few words makes hundreds of dollars. Let’s talk about it.

Steemit as a business model through minnow eyes.

Investors and developers at this beta stage are the 2 most important groups for Steemit. If these 2 groups fail then there maybe a Steemit still. It will be far removed from the expectations of success we all have for this platform. When we see posts from these groups, they tend to make a lot of money. There post is often not as good as many other posts for that day, that go unnoticed. It is not the post that makes money. It is the investor or developer behind the post that is supported. No one will say that openly in a white paper but understand business models and you will understand it.
There is another group of folks who do well on steemit. You will see it in travel category or science category. If you have spent a few months here, you will recognize those people. You will clearly see the huge delegations these folks have received. Whatever the reasons behind the favorable delegation or why one person was chosen over another is of course a human like and dislike issue. Yet you also see these chosen people set somewhat of a standard for posts in those categories. Personally, I stopped following travel posts after they became monotonous. I am certain many hundreds enjoy those posts and still follow. The posts are picture perfect. No errors ever. They have been proof read many times and assistance provided for production, in all likelihood. These are the representative posts of the system. When you sit in a room across a table from investors, that is the kind of stuff you will display. There are reasons for these posts and these reasons are the same why you may have a few great suits or dresses in your closet. That is the stuff you put on when you want to look good. This is the way of strategy. What is getting a minnow distraught is execution of the strategy. The reaction would be opposite if you see it from the viewpoint of the one who has to run this platform.

True wealth and distribution of it. The reality check.

Wealth is this world is limited to a few families. All the rest of us get by, including owners of steemit. I can guarantee you that. It is because I have seen real wealth up close and if you have a few millions and you think you are rich, then you will never understand real money. That sentence is perhaps a reminder to me of the disparities I came across when I once thought I was rich.
The point is simple. Steemit and everything else for that matter is a microcosm of the larger system we live in. People who come here under the illusion that cryptos will change the world, wipe away poverty and a mental attitude geared towards that, are good people with a good heart. Please understand that cryptos and blogging will not bring equality to this world by any measure. If you think I am wrong then please see distribution of awards on Steemit. That is how life has has always been and is not likely to change. Most of us are still fighting for basic rights, clean air, safe water and freedom in this world. Was there a paucity of blogs on these matter before steemit? No. Were there no worldwide movements before steemit? No. There is nothing on steemit that wasn’t there before except one thing. Everybody expressing themselves did not get rewarded one cent. Steemit changed that. Then there was more than a penny for your thoughts and then it simply became a money game for those with wealth. Bots were invented. Curation guilds were invented. Vote for vote beggars were born, please follow upvote and resteem beggars were born. All dignity was thrown out of the window. There are now flashing signs under posts for these things. You must see this reality as a whole in the backdrop of real life and you will be reminded of the last scene from Animal Farm. Yes you gathered here under anthems of freedom, equality and abolishment of poverty but now look into the barn. What do you see? This is your reality check.

Let go the frustrations.

So you joined here to help fight the system. Now you are fighting the system of this platform. Just calm down, relax and take a deep breath. Clear your mind. You will not get a more honest blog than this. So listen minnows. Don’t count your rewards. Just count your efforts. Do it for a few years and I promise your frustrations will lessen. Keep posting. Keep doing your best. It will take a few years but you will get to a point where your steemit system value changes. I cannot express to you anymore emphatically that patience is your only solution here. Don’t try to change the system. Just get to the point where your value to the system changes.
I promise that once you get there you will behave exactly as the ones you complain about now.

I write this down for any frustrated minnow who is uncertain of his future on steemit. What I say above is an honest evaluation of the current system. There are people who never understand the system, yet they waste time fighting it. Don’t be that person. Just persist. Understand and study the model. You want to get to a higher level in this model, without changing it and without disrupting it and without challenging it too much. Take that up as a challenge in your life.
In the meantime, hang on to your real jobs.