Till Self Vote Abuse (the self or proxy vote of no effort posts and comments) and Circle Jerks are rampant on Steemit price outlook is bleak:
https://steemit.com/steemitabuse/@steempolice/steem-has-no-future-unless-self-vote-abuse-is-stopped-steemit-inc-and-whales-do-your-part
Whales can't keep censoring posts like this forever. Soon youtube videos will pop-up exposing all this. I'm invested in Steem so I'm hoping the issue gets solved but I've seen no progress yet, infact it is getting worse.