You list some very good arguments. I definitely agree with you, I think for new Steemit users or even experienced non whale Steemit users, it is almost impossible for one of their articles to appear in the trending section. The whales have all the control over this part of the platform and enjoy all the effortless attention. The promoted content section is also a part of Steemit they control, they get the high rewards.
Whether this can even be solved or changed, I really have no idea... As I also stated in my article I feel Steemit is unconsciously supporting inequality and indeed very becoming more centralized everyday. I'm hoping this will improve with time but for now I don't see this changing.
Cheers!
I certainly think this can be solved. Whether or not it is on this platform is a completely different question. I'm not sure really how to even determine what Steemit "wants". It seems like such an unidentifiable identity? Is it @ned? Is it a collection of the whales? Who makes decisions? Can we vote?
These are actually all honest questions to which I have no idea the answer to.
I certainly think the ideas I've laid out would do nothing but good for the value created by the platform. Wouldn't you say?
Yes I agree but I'm afraid your ideas will never be seen by the right people and this way nothing changes... Your post will just disappear in all the mass articles that are getting posted everyday.
I think a lot of good ideas go to waste like this because there is nobody who we know who can implement these ideas in the platform. You have any idea if Steem developers are roaming their Steemit platform for suggestions of members? I'm not sure!
That's a very sad, but unfortunate reality. I think there is a saving grace in persistence though. If you aren't heard the first time you say something, if you feel it's worth being heard, you say it louder and you say it more until someone hears you.
And if that doesn't work, we live in such an amazing technological time that we can create our own platform that would work better!