I won't be so disparaging as not to read your entire reply before commenting, as to do so would be crass and may lead to me giving a misinformed answer. So I will answer your points, as ever, in order.

First of all, the distribution economics as far as content rewards are concerned, function as they're supposed to function. The potential problem isn't with the awards themselves, but with the fact that the platform is in beta, and therefore some content is missed, more than some, a lot.

That is a problem, that people like @donkeypong, @cryptoctopus @infovore and myself are trying to in some way alleviate, with tools such as Spotlight.

However this article was addressing the fact that if you have been missed and you're quality then keep at it, you will get noticed. Also it was talking to the people who haven't been posting quality content, plate spinning has not been getting any money, whoever it's posted by. 

In fact, if I started posting links and videos, I would lose my reputation and all my whale votes so fast my head would spin like a plate.

Secondly, asking how many people complained when Facebook started, is not only uninformed irrelevance, it is a wholly inappropriate parallel to draw. Facebook started life as a "hot or not" type site (and by the way, I bet there were complaints from women who felt objectified). Whereas Steemit is saying we will do what no platform has done before, we will reward you with cash (yes real cash) from our OWN POCKETS.

You see, you seem to forget, that the answer to the popular question "where does the money come from?" Is it comes from the pockets of the people who built and invested this system. So for the likes of you to come here and start talking about "fair this and fair that" is laughable, you're talking about being fair with free money; what's fairer than that?

Most people realise this, so the "lifeblood" of the system will remain healthy.

When you say I'm assuming things about people, I take it you are talking about my references to the "get a medal for showing up" brigade. Well, if the cap fits, then I shall point out that you're wearing it, some of the sniping on here has been incredible.

A lot of that ill will, has come from people who've posted a couple of half thought out articles and some links, they are furious that this doesn't get them anything and so they go on about rigged voting systems. These are all the classic traits of people who believe that life is intrinsically fair, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Lest us not forget, that some of these complainers have been here less than 2 WEEKS, if that isn't the sign of,  a life of ridiculous expectation, probably brought on by a childhood and adolescence being sheltered from the harsh realities of life, I don't know what is.

Finally we come to Facebook and it's 1 billion users, how wonderful it is, so wonderful that instead of you making money on Facebook, you are actually their product.

They own you, they know where you live, what you like to eat, your politics, everything about you that can be packaged up and sold to the highest bidder.

You don't complain about that do you?

No, you just repost other people's stuff, make the occasional (you think) witty comment on someone else's post and receive thumbs up. Which in turn is fed into the great advertising machine called Facebook.

So there you go, that's my present to you, something to really complain about, you are a Facebook asset, yet you don't receive a penny from them.

CALL ZUCKERBURG, START COMPLAINING.....

NOW!

*Cg*