Lets have a look at the big picture shall we?

Us techies screwed up in the early 90's by not insisting on encryption at the TCP/IP base layer, so now we're trying to fix it with VPN's and TOR, etc... It's not nearly enough to combat the trend toward centralization on the web which is the very thing that you're complaining about (i.e. whales). This is all the more reason why you should support Steemit instead of FB, Twitter, etc... Because the Whales of Steemit are mere microbes compared to FB.

We're in the early phase of decentralized social media. It's not perfect, but we have to take the "we" perspective instead of the "me" perspective. The "me" perspective is what has given us the current fascist panopticon and allowed authority to take advantage of us all. So let me suggest some things that you should be doing instead of complaining...

One of the first things I did is invest about $1100 into Steem using Blocktrades and powered up. Since you are one of the first ones here with us you are a builder/founder of this platform. Instead of looking at your 0.01 cent post and thinking this will never support you, you need to remember that bitcoin was about 1/10th of a cent back in 2009. Steemit is just one of many projects built on the Steem token. Even if Steemit doesn't take off as expected, your accumulated Steem / Steem power even if it's only worth a few bucks now can make you a millionaire within a few years!

If you don't believe that, then you don't understand the potential here. I have an advantage because I've been a software developer for 20+ years, so when I finally got through with my own projects in late 2016, I read the Satoshi Nakamoto white paper and realized something dramatic was about to change.

The early adopters of decentralized social media aren't here yet. They're about 3-5 years out from now. In the mean time, you should be thinking in terms of investing in the whales because they are the engine that's helping us decentralize against the FB panopticon. Without them, this platform has no chance of success against the FB financial juggernaut.

I've been around for a long time, reaching retirement and now because of what I've seen in the world of finance with fiat currency, quantitative easing, I have to consider Bitcoin / Steem, etc to be my "social security insurance". All good things are difficult and take time.

Don't make the mistake of underestimating the wider trend toward decentralization that will take the internet by storm by the early 2020's.