"Instead of worrying about how few blocks you get while at the bottom, try to focus on what you can do to make it to the top :)"

I'm not worried, there is no prospect of getting to the Top or getting any meaningful number of blocks.

Mr Banfield clearly shows there is no way up that ladder. He's been posting like crazy and begging and fawning and adding lots of value to Steem and he is still basically nowhere.

What is more the system enforces this oligarchy. It is, what it is, but pretending to people they can get to the top is simple misdirection.

Im cool with the '1%' oligarchy idea idea behind the Steem Witness system, but people should know the facts before they throw their hard earned money away trying to compete in a no win game. Most people cant afford to waste hundreds of dollars like that.

The process needs more transparency.