@pierce-the-veil: Understand your pain @freeyourmind. A number of users have brought up similar concerns including myself.
We are doing something about it every week: https://steemit.com/money/@pierce-the-veil/bring-out-yer-dead-a-steemit-graveyard-edition
Upvote for you, to cover the emotional distress.
Consider joining our efforts to fix this problem.
When quality authors start getting the recognition they deserve on here I'll be like: