I'm continuing to remain open to the possibility that my original assessment was incorrect. That being said, I keep seeing more evidence to the contrary. When I see malicious trolls like Frankbacon manipulating this platform, they simply prove me right. Their maniacal, obsessive need to insult, down vote and otherwise troll just shows exactly how they are able to control the flow of information on this platform, that is a serious flaw and will not be helpful as far as making Steemit main stream. If one or two or even a dozen malevolent individuals can suppress a user they don't like or agree with in the way they have with CStheTruth, it is not an open or fair platform. Frankbacon and Boris in Taipei rush to down vote a video, those downvotes seem to prevent other users from seeing the work and cripple it right out of the gate. At best, steemit is easily gamed by a small number of users. If I am wrong, I would hope a legitimate spokesperson for steemit would contact me to explain that, rather than a minimal number of anonymous dopes trying to silence the opinion