Steemit is focused directly on the user’s ability to upvote important or intelligent post on any topic. The flaw? The flaw lies in the core of Steemit. Any user being able to upvote their own post could ruin this platform. Being able to not only share a post with your followers, but also up voting it gives the person with the highest following the highest amount of power and growth. The problem is the same with YouTube. The top viewed and followed creators mask the rest of the platform. This problem is more relevant with Steemit since the top users can literally pay to remain at the top. The endless loop continues without interruption: Top user makes a post, that user is paid, the money goes to growing their following, rinse, and repeat.