I hope you are aware of our newest competitor UUNIO. Their only aim is to be better than steemit by giving everyone an equal vote and by removing the 7 day payout period, to create life long payout possibilities for past efforts. Sounds scary if they achieve it the way they want to. The concept removes a lot of our problems instantly. But they are still in very early ICO stage and they don't have a big community, so you have time to improve steemit.