There definitely are a few bad actors who maliciously downvote minnows who friend the "wrong" whale. Ive seen that personally.
I say what I say. I resteem and upvote what I like and consequences be damned but there are some whales with agendas that show it for sure.
yeah there are but they are a minority but often, the visible minority.
That's right. I really do believe Steemit is mostly a great place to post and participate, but we have our problems. Idiots who have a lot of steem power and "abuse it", whatever that subjectively means, are one of the things that are holding us back.
But I really believe if the people who want to see this place grow keep posting, talking and creating a space that invites visitors we are going to redesign this platform, more and more, into the place that we all want it to be.
Thanks @tarazkp