Theoretically, it all sounds good. But realistically, it is not that straight forward. The reward pool still offers the same steem but kinda tilted from minnows, who can not circle jerk and little accumulated steem to put to work. They only rely on upvotes on their contents.

Unlike few months ago when i joined, the whales are not so 'generous' with their upvotes like before. Many are investing in bots or taking out as much as they can to invest somewhere else. Ofcourse it is prerogative to use their upvotes and steem as they like.

This means Whales' upvotes which keep minnows motivated are now hard to come by. The duty falls on communities. But they have more quality content creators trying to get their attentions and reduced upvote values.

It is hard for a minnow not to get discouraged from spending hours trying to create quality. Many have left, some are watching from the sideline and some like me are taking the not so tasking way of creating contents.

One way or the other i will find a way to active because i enjoy it here. It is more fun when when what you enjoy is taking care of your internet (like $4 a day here) and some other expenses. Hopefully better days will return soon.