Yes, it does seem very odd. We need to stop worrying about giving $5 to the person who posted a video of cute animals with a wide angle lens and turn our focus to the users getting hundreds/thousands of dollars. It's grossly inefficient to try and regulate the small fish from the bottom up. Top-down is where it's at.

This almost seems like classic corporate misdirection. It's like a corporation moving overseas telling everyone they lost their job because of people illegally crossing the border. We need to stay focused and on target. Consensus and decentralization are the key.