Great article @davemccoy alhough it leaves me feeling somewhat depressed.
I hope you can get some of the witnesses into your interviews who don't share your views. It's much easier to find out what the "good" guys think but I'd like to hear how those that are making all the money have to say, especially those who say they support community but never actually involve themselves in it. Mind you it's unlikely they will be bothered enough to be interviewed.
I'm still not sure how I fee about it all really. At the moment I am in @abh12345's leagues and posting and interacting. I'm not self voting or using bots but, hand on heart, it's not because I think those things are "wrong".
I can see both sides of the argument and probably sit somewhere in the middle.
When I first joined I thought I was joining a social platform where the vast majority play a fair game but I saw very quickly that Steemit reflects the world out there - most of the power and wealth is held by the few.
I found that disappointing but have, for the most part, moved on.
I suppose I'm just not sure what the hell I'm doing here and that too reflects to world out there. There's no escaping ourselves is there? 😊
Hey Gillian, don't be depressed... It is just the way it is... for now.
If we want to do something about it, the best thing we can do is use our voices and pick witnesses like @steemcommunity that will stand up and try to make a differrence!
On the bright side, the more they stay on the course they are, the better it will be for people like us to gain on the others. So just keep doing what you are doing and I think you are going to be very well rewarded at some point in the distant future! :)
I'm not really depressed @davemccoy. It's a bit of a knee jerk reaction of mine when I read about this aspect of Steemit. I should probably stop commenting in such a way. Or at lease wait a bit until the intial reaction has passed! 😁
I added @steemcommunity as one of my witnesses as soon as I read the post.
I hope your prediction about future rewards come true but as long as I'm having fun, which is more often than not, I shall be keeping on keeping on. 😍