Exactly! Simply move the advertisement style stuff over to the promoted tab, where it belongs, and give the glaring majority of members here a fair shake at gaining true trending status for simply doing something awesome. Nobody loses money. As a matter of fact, thousands of members would stand a greater chance of earning more through either posting, or just straight up watching the value of the tokens rise due to more people realizing and believing in the full potential of the STEEM blockchain.
Something so simple, yet impossible for your average crackhead to be able to figure out on their own.
Also, the happiness of seeing your blog grow organically, without the use of bots, is like attaining enlightenment while being highest of the high. I'm neither enlightened nor have I been high, so I've no idea what I'm talking about.