Hive account@tolkatore, I am really focused on what you have to say. I understand your concerns and I think I have a solution that may improve the future.

I don't like bots either. I experimented with the upvote bot and really felt dirty. The other bot accounts that go around and fish for votes really don't make an impact. I don't feel like bots create a threat. They are more like parasites. STEEM Inc is working on a mechanism that devalues bot usage and a plan to enlist oracles to discover bots. The other concern is whales owning the supply. I'm not sure what there is to complain about. 20% to 50% ROI over a year's time is very doable here. One can invest on MinnowBooster and get at least 20% returns and do absolutely nothing to get those returns. That is a pretty good deal to me. I've never been able to get those kinds of returns on the stock market with my retirement account. You are lucky if you get 10% or just not going negative.

All social media platforms had crap content when they start out. I had the idea for YouTube long before it was invented. I remember that there was all kinds of stupid cartoons and videos. Most all crap. In fact, I recall one video was about a superhero was propelled through the air by crap coming out of his but. It was literally that bad. Despite that, I still felt that social media was the future. When YouTube eventually came out there was terrible content. It eventually got better, but there will always be crap. These people are not professionals. That is the nature of social media.

If you are really inspired to make a difference, I am pooling a bunch of Witness voting power to persuade witnesses to accomplish tasks that we want them to do. My first challenge for witness is to get STEEM or SBD on a major exchange. That will help provide access of STEEM to more people and strengthen the currency. Will you join me? If I get enough people to do this, then this could be the future of how witnesses operate. The do the work of the consensus of the people rather than what they feel is good for the community (likely themselves). What do you say? A witness vote doesn't take away from your earnings or cost anything. You have a bunch of unused votes.

If this task is completed, then I will find a new task for the witnesses. We will keep doing that until we clean this place up. All you have to do is promise to vote for the witness that gets the job done. It is just that easy.

https://steemit.com/steemit/@socky/witness-reward-bounty-180-102-464-vests