As we explained before, there's a lot to be earned and more coming in the near future - the system is just a bit more complex and requires some skin in the game. Looking at your crypto background going at least to 2017, you should know that just giving out tokens results in a race-to-the-bottom, red charts and poor outlooks for their projects in the long run. Even looking at Hive, you do need skin in the game to earn any rewards.
RE: Update: Collection Rarity & Core Fragments