People have the courage to share their social media persona. Not so much their actual lives. A few selfies and a quick tidbit about the day's events isn't the type of content that spreads, since that's pretty much what everyone on something like Facebook does. That's a social media post. Status updates and selfies don't go viral. That's not really meant for consumption, more like expression. Getting paid in 'likes' makes sense for that style of content. People are free to use the platform however they see fit though so I certainly won't complain when I see it here. It is kind of silly some actually do expect to earn a lot posting that way. By design it's meant for small audiences though.

But there are some really good content creators here who would do great things for the platform if the seats weren't empty. They're busy posting day after day colleting those tokens. The eyes are way more important.