It would be great if that were true, but we have to face the facts. This isn't my first rodeo, and I'm not a layman in this sort of thing - designing systems like this.

These problems are systemic and are not going away. In fact, the opposite is the case, this issue will exacerbate until there's no coming back. Those who are concerned are concerned because we can see this flaw, have seen it before, and understand the consequences of it.

Furthermore, it's not healthy for the platform from a basic content standpoint.

The same exact content has been stagnating on the front of Steemit for a week now, precisely because of this exact problem, while fresh content languishes 5-6 pages down.

Meanwhile, superusers have no issue getting their newest junk content or whatever to the top, even if they are literally the only ones voting for it (or them and sockpuppets).

Also, this is with without the worst of the worst of these types of superusers even being here yet. The ones we have are mostly-harmless, but it will not stay that way for long.

We will quickly have a problem when all of the content at the top is controlled by a few users with malicious intentions, which is clear will eventually be the case simply going by historical precedent on similar platforms.

And I for one don't really want to see Steemit turned into a platform for propaganda that promotes war, torture and hate, but that's what will happen if superusers can control the top content while original content is never seen.