After thinking about it deeply, I don't think there is any unfairness on steemit. I understand the perceived unfairness, especially when some mediocre content gets a ridiculously high payout. It's frustrating. The more I look into it, the more I see why my inability to pull off the very same thing is largely because of inaction on my part. When I first heard about bitcoin, they were a couple cents for one. I told myself I didn't have enough money to invest. and I didn't. I was working landscaping for 9 dollars an hour and had a lot of bills. I probably could have thrown 50 dollars at it though. When I got a better job, I told myself that bitcoin was already 200 dollars. That I missed the boat. When I joined steemit a year ago, I didn't post much. I didn't network. I didn't have any bitcoin, so I couldn't buy any steem when it went down from $3.00 to $0.30. (I kick myself everyday for these decisions) If I wasn't so late to the party, my upvote would be worth $40 too. I probably wouldn't see anything wrong with up voting friends and family, even if the content was lacking. Someone would probably think I was conducting myself unfairly as well.