Great analogy. I just started on Steemit and I'm loving what I see so far. I did read an article recently that meets the criteria for exactly what you are talking about. Nothing but pages of anger and saying why this is a 'bad' platform. Being a minnow myself at the moment, this just scares off others from starting their accounts. Whats the point? If they are complaining because they aren't getting steem or they just want attention through shock value, negative attention is just annoying. Provide solutions, just don't shout out the problems.
Great post jwolf, thank you for the information.