I've been writing a lot about the points you've made here. I agree with a lot of them.

Something I've been trying to do with the help of @eeks is attempt to fairly distribute rewards to smaller creators here on Steemit. Primarily in the #film and #movies tags, I've witnessed so much content from smaller people that is just ignored or doesn't receive enough recognition for the effort; I've been slowly working on increasing those rewards, but to do so I have to fill up my pockets even more.

And even when there's not much to curate in those tags, I'm widening my searches into the more creative tags and once again seeing so many small people receiving next to nothing; while a select few are stacking up rewards and upvotes. It's pretty disappointing to see. As just another Steemit user, I can't say I know what the true fix is, but I know I can make a difference by curating -- ensuring rewards aren't just for those with an existing fat account balance.