The inflation causes devaluation of staked tokens, so there is a cost to the process but it is spread out across all users so isn't so obvious.

Consistent demand for a token driven by consumers makes number go up. That consumer element has been lacking here since day one as folks scratch their heads not able to figure out how to attract 'investors'. Akin to building a stadium but not knowing what is supposed to be in all the seats surrounding the field. All onboarding attempts only focus on attracting more creators. This is why some view content as an expense and that's where terms like 'over-rewarded' come from.

Too stressful and clunky sounds more like an excuse out of laziness and the simple fact society has grown accustomed to these platforms doing all the heavy lifting for them.

I wasn't fortunate enough to have a massive following on the outside when I started here as content creator (focused mainly on arts and entertainment) but I did have a few thousand followers on Stumbleupon before it shut down. I drove thousands of pairs of outside eyes to my work in the early days. All consumers. It wasn't hard. Some of these folks with large outside markets include several wallet addresses for donations when they post here, but no mention of the better deal that is staking tokens and tipping with consistent votes, akin to a subscription.

Anyway, arts and entertainment in history and now, by far, is the most heavily censored, yet in all my years here I've not had any serious problems publishing whatever I want, however I want. No issues building a market that actually consumes and supports organically. It was really hard for me but nobody said it was supposed to be easy and if they did, I'd call them a liar. And sure my work has been downvoted. I'm on the same playing field as anyone else. Interestingly enough though when it comes to my views, 'free speech' if you will; in six years the only folks downvoting my comments would be yourself and Kenny.

It's unfortunate you feel like destroying the reputation of this platform on a consistent basis with your nonstop smear campaign. To me it looks like you're in the business of selling fear. Doing your best to steer folks away.