We've reached a point where "New Steem" gravitate towards contests and nothing else which to "Old Steem" is boring

contests itself are not bad. personally, I am here for contests and rivalry (in the photo field). but the shit is, that folks loose the interest - massively. The activity and number of participants is decreasing dramatically, not to mention the quality of the stuff. I see that this is a consequence of low rewards. I'd avoid fingering, but some content-creators receive 20-30-40 upvotes on a regular basis, while the rest are left with an honestly earned donut's hole.

AI is no bad thing, it's the deceptive use of AI that we might never find a solution to.

Agree.