I'm with you man, let's take that Ripple garbage to the land fill and bury it!

I'm still fairly new to Steem and learning how the rating systems and popular / trending algorithms work. But from what I can tell, too many whales all working together to maintain high visibility does present a significant problem for the integrity of the community. However I don't think it's universal, so maybe it's not time to be fully alarmed just yet. It seems to be most noticeable in crypto oriented groups , and probably a number of others. But Steemit has lots of categories, so still plenty of opportunities for new / less followed users to have a create value for themselves and the community.

Steemit is great, but it's not without its flaws. I think we're all pretty luck to be able to participate.

Thanks for your support @tombort and the follow. Looks like you have some good analysis on your posts, so I'm following you back my friend.