I already said this to @dwinblood and I think we were both in agreement of this first paragraph:
We need to build something that doesn't depend on guilds, psychology, how things look or the good intentions of those involved.

Steemit can not and will not be an anarchic utopia in digital form. Traditional Anarchism doesn't work folks. Some hierarchies will always exist in any situation and can neither be removed nor ignored. The only thing we can do is take into account the unstable nature of the universe and instead create institutions that last under such unstable conditions.