Well it depends on what you mean by empowering users. Steem is a platform that empowers content creators. Steem was initially designed for users to reward each other through upvotes, this way you have the contents of highest value reaching their peak, well that's what I think the plan was but the current reality is far of it. However the issue of anarchy is not inevitable. It is already happening on the platform. Sometimes people need to agree to disagree. In other words compromise in other to have a healthy platform that benefits everyone actively contributing to the growth of the ecosystem. I am actually enjoying the benefits of the centralised voting system, this however doesn't mean it is ideal and we all need to start talking of the future of steem and ways to improve it for them betterment of us all. At some point in time these centralised rewarding system will fail, eventually, so its best we get our thinking cap on and start preparing for the inevitable.

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