If someone pisses the whales off by exposing their little scam, it's unlikely that the whales will vote for their future posts and most people here are money dependent civi pigs.
If you listened to any of the interviews or slack discussions there was all kinds of talk about the potential for steemit to expose truly world changing content and empower innovators. The exact opposite is happening.
I saw your debate by the way. You must have had some good herb or be really uninformed! That guy walked all over you and confirmed every suspicion that I had about this platform.