Aside from comments, I haven't posted original content to this platform in over two months. Keep up the good fight, though it seems few with sizeable influence are doing so. I don't know how SMTs are going to take the Steem blockchain to the next level when its very rewards distribution model is systemically flawed. Alas, the warning from the Steem White Paper resonates now more than ever before: "Any imbalance in the give and take within a community is unsustainable. Eventually the givers grow tired of supporting the takers and disengage from the community."
I know three people who joined this year and have now left because of the imbalance you speak of. A lot of new comers are seeing this system as a stacked deck and just leave.
It is unfortunate. Quality oversight is terribly lacking on this platform.