You make a number of good points here, but ignored the easy answer. Why not ask the Steemit users who actually bought a significant amount of Steem to be here? Significant is a relative term of course, but spending 1,000 Euros to be on a platform when you can be on Youtube or Facebook without spending a dime is far from free loading. I'd further like to add that flagging original content to the degree it has been flagged will discourage current users from onboarding new members, why would we bring our friends here just to have their work shat on?

In case it hasn't dawned on anyone, it's not so much about the rewards as it is about a level playing field that gives you a fair chance of getting rewards.

Of my followers, most are dead accounts, and by that standard I'd have to conclude that the majority has spoken, like it or not. If I approach it strictly from an investor's point of view, things aren't looking much better. Why would a 100K steem holder earn at a higher percentage as a 2K holder? I could have just kept my BTC and made the same gains and losses as every other BTC investor, but here, the 100K investor can deny me an equal opportunity indefenatly.

Steemit is not asking anyone why they are leaving or why they are so pissed off, that means they'll never figure out how to fix the problem and leaves the impression they don't care.

Suppose I'll get another flag, oh well, those are the breaks. Have a good one.

Sincerely, Onno.