a giant crypto circle jerk where Crypto and all things crypto receive the bulk of the exposure, votes, traction..

Sure,crypto topics are often rewarded on HIVE but not as much as you complainers might think. Take the top 10 trending posts right now.
7/10 ARE NOT related to crypto.
Photography, travel, gaming, etc.
I was actually among the first to say: "Lets give other content a chance" on HIVE after the split with STEEM and stuff has changed greatly.

This is more proof that you guys are just not that interesting or to put it better, youre not as interesting to others as you think you should be.

and feel free to tell ME to "make yourself more interesting or GTFO". Me being a internationally award nominated writer and illustrator who has worked on The Tick, Mad Magazine, Image Comics, and for Comedy Central.

Make yourself more interesting, accept where you are of GTFO. Its very simple.
Awesome CV, doesnt mean anything by itself.
HIVE isnt just about knowing how to write, theres a strong social aspect to it that is a problem for a lot of people.

.how many new users did this crypto shitshow manage to cull? hmm? maybe 12?

It was more then twelve. Id say somewhere between 12 and 100k

Me, myself, personally...I keep posting here because of the INSTANT save feature. If my computer crashes mid-word.

Sure you are, thats why you have this rant about not being appreciated. Why you came to defend someone that used to get dtube votes on Steem all the time for making videos no one watched (like dozens did) and now that Dtube is gone, isnt happy about it.

Look, your writing might be good, i havent read it so i dont know, but the fact that youre here complaining about not getting the recognition you think your CV demands shows me that youre doing something wrong. Youre just not interesting to people. If you were youdd be one of those 7 out of 10 on trending right now that arent writing about crypto.
Adjust to the world, dont ask the world to adjust to you.