Jerry certainly backed up his talk on here with support and he isn't the issue.
Since the last hard fork there have been anomalies with the payout structure that has made it significantly less profitable for the small users like us.
As I pointed out above, a post with 200 votes in the past would have received significantly more for the poster than 60 cents.
The problem? too many bots.
You had to wait for verification of your account but it seems some are creating bulk accounts and scamming the system.They don't come on here to post anything constructive or worthwhile they just sell upvotes.
Keep at it and work up the ladder. I live in hopes it will be corrected once those that have money and don't give a shit notice the problems of us tiny folk.