This is refreshing. I've been having the same issue. You're not the first to point out that the vast majority of posts on this site are just masturbating over the site itself, how the value is STILL over $2 or how to maximize your income.

It's not friendly to casual crypto audiences - the majority.

For me, I'm writing 2000+ word articles on things like China and Evolution, so I'm already accepting that I'll never be 'big' or earn more than a few cents on a post. The fact is if you're doing original content, you might as well just treat this place like Wordpress with a little better community.

If you plan on criticizing the site, it'll probably get nowhere at all. There seems to be a lot of darkness in the shadows, in which the 'whales' - the big boys - have a kind of authoritarian grip on dissidents of the site, and collectively downvote pages and friends of pages until their reputation is in the minus figures. The evidence isn't solid that those downvoted are entirely innocent, but there are numerous users visibly spammed by bots who follow them around, which is questionable, to say the least. It could potentially be financially devastating to those who have gained enough attention to depend on the site for income. Don't step out of line too much!

For me, I'm just gonna continue writing purely for the love of writing.