The changes were never going to work. Originally the curation rewards were higher and it just lead to cookie cutter content mills getting upvoted and everyone just dog piling on top of those post to try to get curation.

Then there is the extreme end where people are just doing the burn posts in a sad attempt to fight the inflation here further choking off what was the most valueable asset to this place. A growing SEO funnel. Couple that with Steemit INC's incompetence and miss management of funds and they have to keep hitting the sell button.

Then take the opposite example with Energi where they are doing huge airdrops and getting people involved and have great marketing and you have something people are excited about.