It's true @gavvet. Bottom line is that people will come here with hopes and then give it their best shot. If they find that they're only making cents (or nothing) per post then they'll just give up and add it to the pile of failures.
Rewarding lots of people with at least something worth having (a few bucks) should be the goal of the Whales and Dolphins - as long as the quality is there.
Otherwise this platform will never fulfil its promise.