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My answer is no. The fact that something recently became clear to one person doesn't mean something has changed. I can tell since I did my stinking best to motivate people from the moment I joined (account @wakeupkitty) to read, comment, reply and give an upvote. I wrote about saying "thank you" and giving a vote back **just to hear them say:** there's no need to since after all Steemit is **such a lovely place** where you receive high rewards for leaning back or delivering *good content*(the kind no soul would pay for, posted by people who don't like to read, write, reply, upvote and why should they?).
I tried with **True Colours** to achieve some changes, to reward the commenters like @pennisf suggested in August 2025. Why? Because it takes a lot of time to type long comments, comments at that time are longer, way better than 80% of the posts. The result today? They left because if there are no replies, they feel tired, it's too time consuming, it's never rewarded and if way lower than a post with the same blah blah blah day in and out and... **a nice surprise** given to those who are new and the very small group "loyal" ones, while the rest is "lured" in with false promises, like @sbamsoneu explained.
### Lured in? If you ask me no one is. Steemit was and is for a select group the Goose with the Golden Eggs, and even if they are caught for farming, hacking, using AI, taking the Steem and run (or steal from a community) they are welcomed back with a new account and the wallet is filled. If that's what loyalty looks like I am not surprised the biggest part of Steemians only join for the income. I know many from years ago. I saw people come and go and come and many took as much as they could and are high on the ladder. Like many, I am very curious to hear what makes them that special, what it is they do to receive all this support, while in the meantime, the small users are asked to burn Steem.
I asked it many times during the past years how Steemit should be promoted on X, what to say, what to tell. Not once I receive an answer. So, what should one tell if introducing Steemit to someone from outside? What to say if AI-generated and shitty posts, newcomers included, are highly rewarded while real creativity is ignored?
### Commenting? It's not something that recently stopped, it has nothing to do with the fact it's Summer in Europe (the forgotten and ignored group, those people who could be the investors if...), no, commenting is not a trend, not a habit. Three times per day is already too much (we noticed that at the SSEA-Project, a project that didn't receive any support from SCs or the Steemit Team but tried very hard to teach the right thing, monitor and reward).
What I do read in [this post](https://steemit.com/world-of-xpilar/@xpilar/what-s-really-happening-on-steem) (see comments) is that there aren't really motivated people left, and those who were are tired after all these years. I ask you as someone who never comments (except if there's something to gain): What is your excuse? *don't tell me you are busy, so am I (and if you see this as your job, commenting is the least thing you can do)*.
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