The blogging part of the Steem blockchain is in a bad state at the moment. #newsteem seems allot like old Steem except the abuse has shifted towards hurting smaller/new accounts. Circle upvotes with those who have the most steem still take place. Rewards are being collected under the guise of fighting bot abuse. Less then stellar content is still making more then good content in which #newsteem is suppose to be rewarding. ... ... ..

Steemit / the steemblockchain is deeply linked to being a social media platform. No social media outlets survive without customers and some of the whales of Steemit seem to be content in driving those customers away.