In this spirit, I suggest you should check @elfspice , @ l0k1 and @calibrae posts.
I am opposed to around 1/2 of his ideas, perhaps more, but I decided to give his calibr.ae shot a try.
I doubt that it will be any better than Steemit, and it may very well be worse, but if you want to join it, check his posts and this post is at least where initially you could ask to join:
https://steemit.com/calibrae/@elfspice/call-for-interest-in-calibrae-beta-vote-on-this-post-to-be-counted

Notice! I do not recommend it to you. Protect yourself at all times, and be very suspicious.
I only brought it to your attention.
I may have to do a fork myself to make something good, and despite passing a few programming courses years ago at the University, I lack the skills, knowledge, experience, and dedication.