I think this is what happens when there's distrust and impatience with the system. No, it doesn't help that the initial STEEM distribution put nearly all the power in the hands of the few, but is there anything we can do about that? (If there is, I'd love to know).

That doesn't mean, in my mind, that we need to keep compounding the problem, by finding other ways to continue to concentrate the power among the few, be it the same group or another tier.

But people have too high expectations of this place and when it's not happening as quickly as they would like, they either create the workaround, invest in one or use it.

I've entertained the idea of buying votes, but never done it. I thought about building a bot, but have not. I'm contemplated a rallying cry calling for at least 5,000 of us to flood the bidbot market at any given moment just to see what would happen. When we say what would happen if everyone did this or that, it wouldn't take everyone doing it. It would only take a percentage to overwhelm if it was actually going to happen.

I've thought about setting up a witness, too, but I've had enough expensive hobbies over the years. I don't need another. :)