I can vote for this response of yours to a comment I made over a half a decade ago, and get the same reward I'd receive voting for anything else, even if nobody else votes for it. The only way I'd see a higher reward is if someone came along and voted 24 hours after the time you presented these words.

They financially reward upvoting highly rewarded posts.

That isn't accurate. Some time, several years ago, everything changed. But just know I'm not dismissing your entire argument just because you got that part wrong. Use the knowledge to strengthen your mind. Within 24 hours, doesn't matter what you vote for, the curation reward is the same, regardless of how many other votes roll in within that same time period. You can vote for noobs and get the same reward. If you vote after 24 hours, you get a smaller curation reward. The situation you describe was eliminated, several years ago.

Other than that, I'm too tired for these debates. I've advocated for the genuine and organic approach for almost ten years. I still see potential there. A lot, actually. People worked hard on all this. Often when I look around I see plenty of tools, still in the box.

And the entire time I've observed what I consider to be a severe lack of readers/actual consumption happening. I only have words and those never change things. I didn't come back to start knocking things down or become frustrated.

I was away, purposefully ignoring everything about this place for well over a year. I came back. It's quieter than ever. I'm way too far out of the loop to know what happened and why. Not even going to ask. No plans of blaming anything or anyone. Trying to keep my cool and just wander the halls, reading a few posts maybe. I might still talk about where I see potential and room to grow that might possibly lead to a more productive environment for many, but after this many years dude, I often feel alone in that department. Don't want to bother people either.

Merry Christmas.