Hello dear friend @flipstar.
I think it's great the approach you have given to the previous and current situation of steem blockchain.
I agree, that was not the true concept of steem.
That is, nobody creates a platform for "easy money." But that seemed STEEM at the end of 2017 - beginning of 2018.
Then there was a misunderstanding of the initial concept.
Currently it is much more difficult to "win" cryptography on steem, but we can compare it with other similar platforms and the level of income is almost the same. So why do they speak badly about steem?
Crypto people are a strange community and somehow I love it ...
I agree.
All best, Piotr.