@humanearl,

You're right, you can never legislate away human vice.

That said, there's a big difference between a system in which vice has not been entirely eliminated, and one in which it is elevated and esteemed.

You are also right about a lot of good things happening on Steemit. Indeed, that's why I've fought so hard to reform it. I want to preserve it. But here's the thing: All system's have "critical thresholds," minimum levels of performance below which the system cannot operate at all.

STEEM/Steemit is not growing, a necessity to offset the inflationary effects of an increasing Money Supply. Indeed, it is shrinking in almost every manner that is measurable. We need to stop the Happy Talk and Power of Positivity stuff and honestly ask ourselves why. It requires magical thinking to believe that all the problems will "just work themselves out."

There are a lot of good people on Steemit. But there are plenty of bad ones too. We need to start be honest about this latter reality. Wherever there is a concentration of capital, there will be a concentration of crooks ... and we need to act accordingly.

Quill