Do these people not realize that people are reading what is posted on here?

they do? really?

What are the chances a new person signs up and gets active after reading 10 posts about how unfair this place is and how the Whales do not upvote anyone but themselves?

this is what i commented on dans video few hours ago:
best and worst thing for steem is the community. because steem let's his users to write whatever they like. and if you look for steem online there is a good chance you will see people on steem writing how steem is dead, ninja mining, big bad whales...