Good rant dude! This place couldn't be mismanaged more even if they were trying to do just that. Wait a minute, when Steemit showed up on the scene a few years back, it took off and was basically a threat to the establishment. So to remove the threat, all you have to do is make management ineffective by buying them out or sneaking in your own people, thereby making sure that new people are not attracted to the platform. Throw in a few psycho whales like bsanders to wreak havoc with flag wars and presto, there you have it. A stagnant Steemit. I wish I would have seen this when Steem was 8 bucks.