I see the issue in part stemming from things like the minnowsupportproject. While this project masquerades as supporting "minnows" it is actually just gobbling up many people's individual votes and allowing a few moderators to choose where those votes go. That is not how a decentralized platform is supposed to work. Everyone needs to not be lazy and vote on content that is actually worthwhile. Not just voting on things to get followers. You hit the nail on the head when saying human nature has not changed. I think that things like the minnowsupportproject need to go away, everyone needs to vote for articles they truly like. Also the platform is currently set up as a blogging platform but as Gary Vaynerchuk says and I firmly believe that everything is going towards audio. This platform needs an audio streaming ability and also better video showing capabilities. Just my two cents after having been on the platform for 4 days. Would love to hear your feedback.