I agree. My thought is steemit will never reach its potential with the way whales can abuse there power. As of now Steemit is a place to earn as much as possible until a whale gets mad at you then your only option is to sell and move on. Maybe some other blockchain can bring competition and then steem and the witnesses will get serious and fix this very serious problem. Just my thoughts.
As long as the money is good enough for the whales... Nothing much will change i guess.
Who are the whales going to sell steam to if nobody wants to buy it? If just a niche clique feel welcome on the platform the pond will get smaller and smaller, eventually stranding the whale. If nobody want to play with you your pile of steem is just virtual air.
Even implementing an option where you can only block someone after they flag you 3 times is better than no options for smaller fish.