I like that Steemit is policed by the community, so we get to decide what is allowed (mostly), although the real power is concentrated in a very few users. I think some people don't like to flag in case the person retaliates. You can report issues in the steemitabuse chat channel and others will deal with it.
I'm sticking with Steemvoter for now, but I may review who I vote for. Some of them are well established now and so don't really need me to vote on all their posts. I do a lot of manual voting too, but time is limited. I don't think it matters if you don't use up all available votes.
I think once we've reached mass adoption, around one million users, we'll see a more large stakeholders and more reward distribution. For now though, the concentration of power is just something we have to deal with as a community. As you said, you can always voice your argument in the abuse channels on steemit.chat.
Do your thing man. I don't want to dictate what someone else does. I think vote trails have their benefits, like @curie for example. Bots on the other hand, they can bugger off :'D
I agree about growth. Steemit is still pretty small with only a few active users. It will be quite different will a million. We can enjoy the benefits of being early adopters :)
I like the freedom Steemit gives us. I think we will see people develop add-ons to cater for different needs.
I am currently in the process of developing a new top layer for musicians. Something to look forward too in the near future :)