@matt-a is a smart early investor who is making the most out of the current version of STEEM by utilizing smartsteem.com . And no - as far as I can see - he is not using byreresteem.
Look, it's always easy to critize and to find flaws, but the truth is: the current version of Steem is much better than what I've ever seen before. Everybody can earn serious, serious money - just by participating.
Is everything 100% fair? No.
But life isn't either - at least for the individual: some people are born with more money than half of humanity will never earn in their lifetime.