I agree with you @bengy. I think the lower and middle tiers need to be promoted more. I suppose I am a little biased as I am probably in the lower/middle category, but I feel that whales get a lot of attention and it leaves people disillusioned with Steemit itself.  I've had many friends who signed up but decided it wasn't worth it after only receiving 1 cent on each post they worked hard on. I know it takes time, but it's a little demoralising. 

Anyway, I don't really have an idea of how to fix it apart from working together as a community (which I think people are doing). It just takes time for a platform like this to mature and develop. Keep up the good work yourself! :)