I don't know whether to laugh at the truly tragic state of affairs that you've mentioned or feel disheartened. But yeah, i can't disagree with what you've written. On most of the triple digit moolah posts I've seen, i only see copy paste and i see 20 people writing the same stuff. Or its something as absurd as one random photograph or health benefits of some fruit. 90% of the content is crap.

I've tried posting thoughtful original content, articles that are copy paste but the only upvote my articles see is my own. Comments have definitely been positive. I've taken time to find people who are ready to engage on an actually decent article. It takes a lot of time to find gems here and then get them to like (vote) my comments.

And irony just died a 1000 deaths, after it saw the first comment on your post.