Yeah too many people on Steemit are spoilt by the high prices and high upvotes they got in the first few months of 2018.

A long time ago, many old users we spoilt by 4 figures upvotes like >$1000, new users replaced those who didn't stick around after mid 2017 when the reward pool was spread out so more people got a chance to earn versus a minority who got the most from the reward pool.

It's not exactly the same, but something similar is happening now, it's a shake out. Honestly, it's not like facebroke is going to pay them anything, and all the new social media claiming to be on a blockchain, none are as transparent and opesource like Steem, most are probably business as usual disguise as cryto.

Wishing you great success here.