Hi Hive account@traderjoe and welcome to Steemit!
You do have a valid point here and it was brought up in the discussions (get on steemit.chat) to hopefully get it acknowledged as high as possible for a decision and potential adjustment.
There's a backlog of prioritized items for development at the moment with higher importance than this one may be and that's why it hasn't been action-ed upon just yet.
What I can tell you is that past history with raised issues proves the devs are very committed and quick to action on the community's concerns.
Now, we just need to be patient and I strongly believe anyone can make up for that balance difference by authoring a value-added article or comment and get upvoted.
Cheers!