Hello @matbaker.
I am not yet in a pisition that allow me to determine how flowed is steemit. But what I am sure about is No flawed system is entitled to flourish. Name it a government or social media platform. Only systems that give equal rights to its beneficiaries can succeed and grow. Desbite many disadvantages of facebook the one thing that helped it survive is that there is no account is more powerful than the other. Especially when it comes to reporting. On Steemit people might accept inequality to some extent but eventually they would desert the platform especialy if a less flawed new platform is introduced to them. Many people complaining about not being easily seen and old steemians teach them about persevernce. There is a point when this perseverence speech will be no longer convincing and the creators will have to change some of its features.
Thanks for commenting.
I am not sure I agree entirely with your take. Yes, Steemit is not perfect, but I am not sure that is fair standard to judge it by. It will have "flaws", and these will vary, depending on who is using the platform. I don't believe it can treat every user equally, simply because there is such a variety of users, and everyone will use Steemit in their own way.
I do agree on your last point though. Perseverance is not going to be enough, most of the time. I do not believe writing a blog once a day and trying to find other blogs to engage with is going to see me succeed on here. Perhaps it might have done a year or two ago, but there are far more users these days. One needs to find a way to stand out from the crowd.