The whales thing is a huge problem for adoption, and when they get the power it is very hard to check it against anything.
It's one of the reasons I keep leaving, I post and am active for a while then get discouraged and leave. The "idea" of a user created and owned platform is nice, but in practice it goes the the extremes and gets ugly.
Yes. I totally agree. I have been slandered on here for no reason. It got so bad I removed all my pictures. lol When I asked the whale why, they actually said it was because I had upvoted someone they were having a war with. So to me Steemit is like Kindergarten in the sandbox. Which is why I post and then not and then do. When the spirit moves me. Nice chatting to you BTW.