I must say @charles1 you've hit the nail on the head. This unfortunately is what discourages many minnows out there where we see all upvotes and trending pages and the same people hoarding all the money. Voting for themselves and creating fake accounts, etc. If you take a look around Steemit in particular, you will see so many quality posts but because of a lack of a substantial Steem Power and means to get/buy into voting bots etc, they are left unnoticed.
It is quite a hard pill to swallow because of the very nature of steemit being decentralised. Like you are saying it's just human nature, but it can be overcome with empathy and compassion.
Perhaps limiting posts to 4 per day per account across different platforms then?
Good point indeed. I suggested it in my former post ie you can post as many as you wat however you earn only in 3 to 4 posts max...however understanding that others need to earn too as indicated in this post, is the solution.
Steem is like a microcosm of the real world, where the rich keeps getting richer and the poor are left with meager leftovers.