here's another interesting observation...

https://steemit.com/curie/@cyniclinic/can-someone-please-explain-what-s-going-on-here

http://i.imgur.com/wEnnL6Z.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWlfc8UwqY

@mindhunter - the wise Merovingian of the Steemit Matrix! LOL!

Then don´t use Steemit !! You can vote with your own time and money ... in grave contrast to your state !

Thinking about dumping all my Steem here unless somebody can prove to me this is not a scam

Oh dear! The crypto-press are now onto us too: https://decentralize.today/the-ugly-truth-behind-steemit-1a525f5e156#.mzkj5s86p

This post was inspired by an @masteryoda post: https://steemit.com/steemit/@masteryoda/a-call-to-separation-of-powers-in-steemit

https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/10/11/meme34f34.jpg

I just found this post. What an interesting idea!! https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecentreofitall/should-i-just-quit-steemit-now-and-start-to-prepare-to-migrate-my-existing-steemit-content-over-to-yours-network

In my opinion it would be best to detach voting and steem power.

To be honest, I have not looked into the way how the biggest SP filled wallets got their value. 

And I'm convinced that detaching voting from steem power is the best for all Steemers.

A price low of $0.27 earlier today - Shrem needs to wake up to his new role within Steemit ASAP!

Ha ha! Can the Merovingian @mindhunter awaken the Shremster / Ned and chums? Squeaky bum time for @dantheman

There are a lot of misconceptions and incorrect representations of the original Steem mine. If you want to spend the time and see how it actually went down, you can read this post: https://steemit.com/steem/@joseph/the-history-of-steem-steemit-launch-in-the-words-of-dan-larimer-from-the-early-launch-days

The reality of it is, that the people who got in at the beginning, including the founders - have a huge stake in Steem. They were the ones who were in the right place at the right time, took the time to understand what Steem was, saw the potential of what it could become, and invested a lot of their resources (time, money, mining services, etc) to make Steem a reality.

Now those people hold a lot of the power. In my opinion that is how it should be. They are the most invested out of all of us, and have the most to lose. The very core of the Steem design is that whoever is the most heavily invested will have the most influence.

It sucks if you don't like what they are doing, but to some extent, we will all have to trust the judgment of the large SP holders - whoever they happen to be at any given point in time.

Today it is largely Steemit Inc. that holds a lot of power. Whether you agree with what they are doing or not, the truth is that they are doing whatever they feel is best for the platform and community.

I do want the distribution of power to eventually flatten out some, so that a larger portion of the community, with more diversification starts to have more influence.

We are heading in that direction, and I believe we will get there in time. Until then though, you are going to have to accept that people other than you are in control of the site, and are going to be the ones steering the ship.

Replying here to start a new nesting level.

I am not trying to be "nasty" and would be interested in working together to solve issues. I guess I don't really see that is what is going on here. Pointing out a bunch of problems with no solutions, and then linking to posts and articles that suggest moving to an alternative site would be better does not seem very conservative or helpful to me.

It is not really about "keeping quiet" and "being silenced by the whales". It is really more a question of what are you really trying to achieve by posting all this stuff?

New nesting level.

>The founders need to redistribute their horded SP via some kinda ICO sale - YES!

If the price of Steem continues to fall, won't that basically happen?

>I am not interested in brainstorming theory down a rabbit-hole here Tim. We need FIRM ACTION from the whales swiftly. Period.

Yeah, but that's kind of my point. You are throwing issues out expecting the whales to magically solve them, just because you are pointing them out.