> Thus, the front page "trending" and "hot" pages represent the content that large stakeholders find interesting, not the content that the community or sub-groups within the community find interesting. Essentially, the opinion of the rich is the only opinion that really matters since articles are organized simply by the amount of stakeholder support that backs them.

And that's how it will remain, as it has been since the beginning, unless people want and agree to change how they vote, or how the voting system works. Quality isn't of much concern for many, I've been mocked for talking about the importance of quality, and those posts that mocked me got big payouts because many power players don't care and don't want quality information. The consciousness of people needs to change for the behavior to change, and that's not likely going to happen. Those with power want to use their power the way they want, and don't want to lose how they want to personally influence the site, regardless of how different behavior can help to improve and make Steemit more attractive.